Airspeed indicator Alarm

[justin.schoeman]

Bennie,

your BB is an enclosed 3-axis. Here you have to watch the ASI religiously particularly on takeoff and landing. I know trikes rely on the feeling in the face and stuff, here you are cut off from the wind. Once you are used to focusing on the ASI a stall warning is no longer necessary

My problem is that I'm so focused on the instruments that I can't enjoy the scenery. I'm too scared I might go into a stall. further more I'm not using my flapperons on my BB at all coz the nose is a bit heavy with the VW motor in it. Thus I do not have that mush different stall speeds and an simple low airspeed alarm will be significant.

A simpler solution is to just fly on attitude. Your airspeed is very closely coupled to the aircraft attitude (visible as the position of the nose relative to the horizon). Find out where the nose must be for you climb speed, and just keep it there - no need to look at the ASI much at all.

If you are not comfortable with this technique, go up with an instructor a couple of times and practice attitudes. While you are at it, learn the stall attitude at full power and low power. Remember this attitude, and if ever you get close to it, get your nose down!

As a part of my PPL training, I had to be able to fly any speed straight and level within 5kts and 100fpm without reference to any instruments. At first it seems impossible, but soon it becomes completely natural. Hardly even refer to the instruments anymore for entire circuits.

-justin

[Bennie Vorster]

..... and looks rather "pap" you are stalling

There's a couple of us on this forum that's continually in a stall

:D :D :D

[Mogas]

Hi Bennie
If its any help I also seriously considered fitting a stallwarning device when I was building.
Then once I flew it a while I realised how quick one learns the natural indicators, attitude, control pressures, sound of air passing the cockpit, buffet and so on.
I would recommend you practice a lot of stalls, dual at first, in all configurations at safe altitude.
Develope the habit of glancing at the ASI and the ball often when close to the ground, particularly in turns. Eyes 10% inside and 90% outside. Never get suckered into fixating on the ground in a steep lowlevel turn, if there is a breeze you will think you flying a balanced turn if you are looking at the ground when you are actually slipping or worse skidding.
It is much better to build natural flying skills with practice than relying on a hooter to tell you when you are about to get in the k@k. Did you see this clip?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K4QHpVXtxI
These okes flew this plane onto the ground with the gear up, hooter going all the way down and they never heard it!