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I tried one this afternoon, with just me (200 pounds) and about 3 gallons of fuel on board. From cruise flight, pulled carb heat, reduced throttle to idle, slowed to 40 mph indicated in straight, level flight, started adding throttle and pushed carb heat off, continuing to slow as I added power. Ailerons started getting really mushy at at roughly about 30 mph indicated, and by about 27 indicated I had switched entirely to rudder for roll control. Stall break (what there was of it) came at 25 mph indicated. Nose settled about 5 or 10 degrees from its highest position, and that was about it. I don't have a ROC indicator, so don't really know how fast I was losing altitude during the stall (I was watching the airspeed indicator out of the corner of my eye -- next time, I'll watch the altimeter).
JimC
JimC
