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My cub doesnt have a stall warning (although the av30 has an aoa i need to hook up to audio panel.). 185 has a horn.
I watched the supercub.org presentation w Lori Nichols (thanks SJ!) and she talked alot about MCA and stall horns.
Havent paid that much attention to it in the 185 so i did a flight at altitude to go see when it activated.
In any flap setting except 0 flaps it would activate at about 58 knots. The plane wouldnt actually stall until well below that number (43 knots full at 30/40 flapsand 47 at 10/20, 63 at 0 flaps. Numbers maybe a bit off as i was trying to fly and watch the IAS.)
Lori recommends canyon speed somewhere just above stall warning (assuming stall warning works properly, 5+ knots above actual stall activation.). 58 knots seems very slow to me- i would probably bump it to 65 knots or 70knots, but anyways. Im still jot sure i was understanding why she called mca the same as the stall horn in the video which i rewatched several times)
My question is- does the stall warning activate at different times based on flap settings? Does the weight effect when it activates? Bank angle? Or is it just whatever IAS it was calibrated at?
At gross i think poh says stall speed is 52 knots at flaps 40- so maybe it is coordinated to that?
And yea, i know i should just “wear the airplane” and fly by the seat of my pants, etc, but trying to learn how this stuff works.
I watched the supercub.org presentation w Lori Nichols (thanks SJ!) and she talked alot about MCA and stall horns.
Havent paid that much attention to it in the 185 so i did a flight at altitude to go see when it activated.
In any flap setting except 0 flaps it would activate at about 58 knots. The plane wouldnt actually stall until well below that number (43 knots full at 30/40 flapsand 47 at 10/20, 63 at 0 flaps. Numbers maybe a bit off as i was trying to fly and watch the IAS.)
Lori recommends canyon speed somewhere just above stall warning (assuming stall warning works properly, 5+ knots above actual stall activation.). 58 knots seems very slow to me- i would probably bump it to 65 knots or 70knots, but anyways. Im still jot sure i was understanding why she called mca the same as the stall horn in the video which i rewatched several times)
My question is- does the stall warning activate at different times based on flap settings? Does the weight effect when it activates? Bank angle? Or is it just whatever IAS it was calibrated at?
At gross i think poh says stall speed is 52 knots at flaps 40- so maybe it is coordinated to that?
And yea, i know i should just “wear the airplane” and fly by the seat of my pants, etc, but trying to learn how this stuff works.
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