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Don Maxwell - Oct 14,2009 Viewers | Reply


	Here's a link to a video, the best I've ever found that explains what happens during the base-to-final skidded turn that can ruin splashers' and dashers' days: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMhoPJYCvXA&feature=player_embedded">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMhoPJYCvXA&feature=player_em<br>bedded</a> It may explain what happened to Bret Smith.


	Great video. I have done just what he says not to do. Good training.

Randolph Palma - Oct 19,2009 Viewers | Reply


	Gotta fly with your feet ! Always,always STEP on the high wing, fix it with the rudder and make it pretty with the aileron.And keep that ball in your scan whenever you're low and slow.


	Boy, this sure seems to be what happened to Bret.<br />Any flight training in a Searey should underscore the unique flight characteristics of a swept leading edge wing, since most of us were trained in regular straight wing aircraft. This video should be mandatory viewing for all Searey owners and builders.


	Do you think an Angle of Attack gauge would help avoid this situation ?

Don Maxwell - Oct 26,2009 Viewers | Reply


	I think an AOA with a loud annunciator, set to go off about 5 mph faster than the critical angle, would definitely help. Dynon EFISes do that, and mine lets me know when I'm getting close to the edge. But I don't think a visual-only AOA is likely to help much, if at all, because the pilot probably isn't going to be looking at it at the right time.

Frank A. Carr - Oct 26,2009 Viewers | Reply


	Don,<br />Did the Dynon--when you first started using it--surprise you at all, relative to what you thought was a reasonable <br />AOA or attitude or airspeed? And secondly, has the Dynon changed your flying habits any?

Don Maxwell - Oct 26,2009 Viewers | Reply


	Frank, the Dynon's AOA didn't surprise me at all (except that it worked so well) because I've always been leery of accelerated stalls and have if anything kept too much airspeed for the bank angle. So I guess the surprise is that the Dynon said I was usually safer than I thought.<br /><br />Has it changed my flying habits any? Interesting question! I hadn't thought about that before. I don't think it has--but it has made me feel somewhat less uncomfortable about inadvertent flight into IMC because it's such a stable, bulletproof horizon and so much easier to scan than the old steam gauges. (The Dynon autopilot add-on is even more comforting in that regard, as it flies the airplane pretty well, especially in smooth air, and it has a '180' button.)<br /><br />The one unique feature I like best and use most often is the Dynon's ability to show wind direction and velocity. (That requires a GPS connection and Dynon's OAT sensor.) I consult it all the time when making water landings to check on what my eyes tell me. It isn't foolproof and doesn't work in a tight turn, and sometimes the wind aloft is different from the surface wind, but in most cases it's very helpful. You know, sometimes you can see wind streaks on the water, but can't tell which end of them is upwind. That's when the Dynon saves the day. It's usually at least as accurate as comparing GPS speed with airspeed and always a lot quicker and easier. And it's better than anything in light air.

Frank A. Carr - Oct 27,2009 Viewers | Reply


	Interesting Don, thanks. Never thought about the wind speed indicator, that's neat. (I bet they never thought about it for seaplanes either.)

Don Maxwell - Oct 27,2009 Viewers | Reply


	No, they were surprised when I told them what I use it for. The Dynon guys I took flying were also surprised by how hard it is to read the VSI when setting up for a glassy-water landing, and now they understand why I asked them to make the numbers larger.

Dennis Scearce - Oct 27,2009 Viewers | Reply


	Have they made the numbers larger? Maybe I ought to log on to the Dynon forum more often. Wonder how long the admins are going to let this technical discussion go on?

Don Maxwell - Oct 28,2009 Viewers | Reply


	What technical discussion? I thought we were talking about splashing and how dashing the most recent beta version of the firmware that I installed two days ago looks, even though the VSI size hasn't changed. I've reminded them about it. But they have space limitations--have only a small area in which to place the VSI and the other options without re-writing the entire display--so they probably won't make the VSI larger any time soon.


	Dennis - I thought they would have stopped me at AOA. But this is a great thread with lots of info.

Russ Garner - Oct 26,2009 Viewers | Reply


	IMC in a SeaRey you're joking right, it's a fat ultralight learn to fly it without instruments.

Don Maxwell - Oct 27,2009 Viewers | Reply


	That's <I>inadvertent</I> flight into IMC--which I never do, of course. But it's nice to know the stuff is there if it were to happen.<!-- >'"><br><font color=red size=6>' or > missing in user HTML. Please fix the HTML.</font> -->

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