George Tango, I wasnt speaking to you, but to Mike V, George M and Eddie F. Both George M and Eddie F
"like"ed the post from Mike V to which I had responded. All three are experienced aviators who may have flown a slatted Cub, but likely do not fly one often, nor own one, as assumed by me through their agreement with MTV's comment.
The slatted planes are not like any other a/c, and when flown in high AOA regime can perform like no other a/c.
I do not own one, but have flown several of the Valdez hotrods, and others, having built one and fabricated parts for several others.
George Tango, in the video, about 100 feet before the stall the aircraft was higher and began a descent (effectively, this was an increase in AOA, due to the descent).......right rudder was minimal, and neither before power application nor after, was additional right rudder commanded.
The airplane is flying on reaction lift (bottom of the wing, no Bernoulli) and hanging on prop and thrust at that point, but the descent (angle of attack increase) amd no additional thrust commanded caused the available lift to be exceeded by the weight of the a/c. That is my assessment.
I have no moral staement. We need to pilot effectively by knowing and providing inputs necessary to whatevrr a/c we are flying.
Wish we could hear from Tom on this.
