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    I agree about the winds. Nev
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    I know that Mate. Presumably he is trying to save money and wood is safe(r). and you can make your own. Nev
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    You will want one matched to the performance of your aircraft or it will be very temporary You said in your first post it was a long shot and you are probably correct.. What aircraft is it? Nev
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    Remember the friends and relatives. No one KNOWs exactly what happened for certain. Nev
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    The design of some planes makes spin recovery very uncertain.. Some get modified some don't. You wouldn't have them in a flying school. Some might argue it would make you a better pilot but you to a great extent MAKE your own luck.. Nev
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    There are people who make props. It's the direction of rotation that must be correct and you mount it with the curved side towards the motor. The 447 has it's own belt driven cooling fan. Nev
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    Earlier on the Germans had a bit of a monopoly on it..Nev
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    I admire your Perseverance. Good luck with it. Nev
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    It's safe as it doesn't combust but is heavier (More dense) than Hydrogen which is the simplest atom in existence. It's the basic source of the energy of the Sun. Hydrogen to Helium by Nuclear FUSION.. Nev
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    "Greed Above All" Inc. The NEW American WAY. Capitalism with a Monopoly "unfettered". What could go wrong? Nev
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    Well, I found out Boeings must be made in China. Nev
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    He's NOT Robinson Crusoe there. Nev
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    A spin at low height is not recoverable so PREVENTION would be the best course.. With stalls, unload the wings or add full power. if required. Adding drag in any low speed situation requires an increased RoD or added power to compensate. You anticipate this, not wait for the speed to drop. It's energy management 101. Planes that are docile are not so docile when heavy loaded, have a rearward CofG or in a density Altitude limiting situation. Ground effect is your friend if you want to stay in the Air and want to increase speed in a tight go around. Nev
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    IF it's annoying you that confirms it's needed.. STALL is an Angle of Attack THING. Nev
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    There's no getting ABOVE the weather in an airship. No Jet engines either. Just pistons with big props flinging Ice at the rest of the Plane. Nev
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    Too slow and difficult to handle in winds. Hydrogen is lighter than Helium which is harder to get..Nev
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    Keep your Wives and your Girl friends apart.. Nev
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    A Boeing sized Bumblebee won't fly. Nev
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    IF I said I've never HAD an inadvertent stall, No-one would believe me.. In a tight situation, you can fly on the stall warning. Not steady though. Beeping on and off. . Nev
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    Does it have to be self raising? Nev
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    I've covered that. Safety is top of my list . Getting a better ASI is great but you can fly safe with some very basic indications. The ASI on a Gypsy moth is a plate on a RH strut which bends back over a scale. Mud wasp's block Pitot tubes quickly in some locations. It pays to be able to fly without any indication of airspeed.. ANGLE of ATTACK indication is the ultimate. It is AoA that causes the STALL after all. NOT an AIRSPEED. Nev
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    Rotting or Burning bodies put stored carbon back into the atmosphere. Nev
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    Errors yes but they don't vary nce they are noted. You have established a figure that is useful and you can refer to it when you are at lower speeds. They usually read LOWER than actual so take that into your safety margjns calculations. The ONLY ASI you have is the one in your plane. NOT some ASI you'd like from Santa.. Location of the static Ports is often the cause. You can set up an independent stall warning vane which operates on Angle of attack of the wing to go off at about 9 Knots before stall. Nev
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    Go to a safe height and fly till its buffeting and NOTE indicated speed and use that as you initial Vs. The actual stall is done full nose heavy and max weight.. That's the WORST case scenario.. Stall speed is a variable and what you add on varies too.. No one lands flying on the ASI.. IF you don't change anything the Plane will keep on doing what it was doing pretty much . You will have ground effect and some wind shear effects. IF it starts to drop out of the sky you should feel it and add power. Unfortunately many just instinctively pull the stick back. Nev
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    AND the Husband of any murdered woman is the initial Prime suspect. Nev
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