Vmc recovery question

[JStricker]

Phil,

My reading of the PTS, and my training, concur with you. How can you have
loss of directional control UNTIL you have full rudder deflection? If the
pedal isn't to the floor yet, that means you can still do more to stop the
yaw.

In some cases though, where Vmc and Stall are close together, the MEI can
artificially limit rudder travel to keep the demonstration accurate and
safe.

So, to sum up. To demonstrate Vmc, you need:

1) full rudder deflection
2) loss of directional control OR indication of stall or buffet, whichever
occurs first.

John Stricker

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phil cohen <phi...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> The flight instructors at my school seem to have two different
> interpretations of when to initiate recovery during a Vmc demo:
>
> 1) Recover at first indication of EITHER
>
> a) loss of directional control (heading change more than 10
> degrees)
> b) stall warning horn or buffet
>
> 2) Recover when (ANY of the following)
>
> a) full rudder deflection occurs
> b) loss of directional control (heading change more than 10 degrees)
> c) first indication of stall or buffet
>
> It seems to me (and my reading of the PTS supports this) that if you
> merely recover when full rudder deflection occurs you have not
> demonstrated Vmc. Assume that you get full rudder deflection and you
> recover immediately at that point, not waiting for a loss of directional
> control or an imminent stall indication. Have you demonstrated Vmc? I
> don't think so.
>
> Opinions?
>
> phil cohen
> phi...@worldnet.att.net

[phil cohen]