Shaker/Pusher...I Don't Even Know Her
05-16-2009 | 08:51 AM
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Shaker/Pusher...I Don't Even Know Her
I believe this is worth repeating from a post on a different thread by still learning...
I think we are making a simple situation more complicated with discussions of muscle memory and what we think we were trained to do in the event of stick shaker.
Stick Shaker = Slow Flight
Recovery is increasing the power and maintaining the pitch while the airplane accelerates. As lift overcomes weight/drag, you'll have to push forward on the controls and/or trim nose down to maintain level flight.
Don't pull back and increase the pitch. You'll end up in a pilot induced pitch oscillation that at the upper pitch attitude will engage the stick pusher.
Stick Pusher = Imminent Aerodynamic Stall
The airplane is automatically doing what pilots would do in successful recoveries of imminent or full aerodynamic stalls.
It's not rocket surgery
Stick Shaker = Slow Flight
Recovery is increasing the power and maintaining the pitch while the airplane accelerates. As lift overcomes weight/drag, you'll have to push forward on the controls and/or trim nose down to maintain level flight.
Don't pull back and increase the pitch. You'll end up in a pilot induced pitch oscillation that at the upper pitch attitude will engage the stick pusher.
Stick Pusher = Imminent Aerodynamic Stall
The airplane is automatically doing what pilots would do in successful recoveries of imminent or full aerodynamic stalls.
It's not rocket surgery
