VMC or Stall in a light twin.

[AAflyer]

Which would you define as worse!. We had a little hanger flying the other day with some instructors. There was a split down the middle on both.

Any thoughts,

AA

 

[skipro101]

Well, since at VMC you are still in control, the stall would be worse.

Now, if you're comparing VMC rollover vs stall....

My vote goes to VMC rollover.

Ive never stalled a multi though, so really i have no idea.

Anyone here stalled a multi in a sim or in rl?

 

[minitour]

Anyone here stalled a multi in a sim or in rl?

Yep...a Duchess. Power off ONLY. Vmc was more a worry than the stall

-mini

 

[aviator1978]

Anyone here stalled a multi in a sim or in rl?

Oh yeah. Grumman Courgar (GA-7) -- the examiner around hear actually make applicants take the Vmc demo all the way to stall buffet.

(Vs > Vmc)

Scared me to death first doing a stall on one engine, but it's actually tame in the Cougar.

DO NOT ATTEMPT IN OTHER PLANES, HOWEVER!!

 

[MauleSkinner]

Anyone here stalled a multi in a sim or in rl?

Barons and King Airs break pretty abruptly, but are very controllable in recovery.

Closest I've come to a Vmc roll was simulating a V1 cut in a Falcon 10 for a copilot's checkride...too close to the ground to let it develop, but I think it woulda' got ugly. It DID get ugly in the Chief Pilot's office afterwards...he didn't get the chance to say a word for quite a while

Fly safe!

David

 

[greyhound]

I guess I'm just crazy, but what's wrong with stalling in a twin?

I've done pwr Off and pwr ON stalls (with about 50-60% pwr) and no big deal.

Also in the Seminole during VMC demos I take it all the way to either

1.indication of a stall or

2.inability to hold heading with up to 5 degrees bank and full rudder.

Whichever comes first.

Any of these triggers the recovery procedure.

 

[SIG600]

Which would you define as worse!. We had a little hanger flying the other day with some instructors. There was a split down the middle on both.

Any thoughts,

AA

How much altitude you got to play with? Up high, dosen't matter. Vmc and just recover. Stall and just recover... down low, if I'm going in, I'd like to at least be right side up.

 

[nosehair]

The Commercial Multi-Engine PTS says "Maintains heading,bla,bla,bla while inducing the stall." Then, "Recognizes and recovers as the stall occurs..."

Pretty much the same wording as a single. Am I in the dark here?

 

[pianoman]

If you power off stall the Seminole it just chugs along straight ahead while losing a lot of altitude. Perfectly safe as long as you're aware. It works well as an "alternate descent method".

 

[AAflyer]

How much altitude you got to play with? Up high, dosen't matter. Vmc and just recover. Stall and just recover... down low, if I'm going in, I'd like to at least be right side up.

4000 AGL

Thanks for the input guys. Out of curiosity would any of you change your answers if used a seminole (no critical engine) vs say a Baron?

AA