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David Megginson
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I was flying my Warrior II very light yesterday (alone, below half tanks), at around 1,850 lb gross weight. According to figure 5-3 in the POH, my full-flap stall speed would be 38 KIAS (vs 44 KIAS at 2,440 lb), so 1.3 × Vso approach speed would be only ~50 KIAS.(*)
Does anyone actually approach that slowly lightly loaded in a Warrior, or do you always stick with the POH number of 63 KIAS, which is designed for maximum gross weight (and also 1.4 × Vso instead of 1.3)?
FWIW, I stuck with the POH number yesterday and approached at 63 KIAS, but I also had a predictably-long float before the wheels would settle with the nosewheel high.
Cheers, David
* Pedantic note: to do this properly, I'd have to convert IAS to CAS, multiply by 1.3, and then convert CAS back to IAS, but it would make no real difference in this case.
Does anyone actually approach that slowly lightly loaded in a Warrior, or do you always stick with the POH number of 63 KIAS, which is designed for maximum gross weight (and also 1.4 × Vso instead of 1.3)?
FWIW, I stuck with the POH number yesterday and approached at 63 KIAS, but I also had a predictably-long float before the wheels would settle with the nosewheel high.
Cheers, David
* Pedantic note: to do this properly, I'd have to convert IAS to CAS, multiply by 1.3, and then convert CAS back to IAS, but it would make no real difference in this case.
