I'm posting this because it surprised me on how easy and incipient it was. These RV are slippery...I know this and you know this but when it happens it can happen without warning.
Here's a link to a flight I made this morning. Headed to the WAAAM Museum for their annual Fly-in. Level at 8500', cruising at 163 KTAS and on the autopilot. The smoke has been bad in Oregon and on this flight it was OK until it wasn't. Decided to descend from 8500' to 6500' and do a 180. The autopilot was commanded to descend at 500'/m. After telling center that I was reversing course, I switched from NAV mode to heading mode and punched in 080°. The AP started a turn to the right and continued to descend. I'm flying VFR so my eyes are outside, not much of a horizon and I didn't notice that the bank angle was increasing and the autopilot was struggling to follow the flight director. Just as I noticed the upset, the airspeed warning started annunciating. Autopilot off, wings level and raise the nose...already too late, Vne busted!
Move ahead on the timeline until about 07:43 that's when I commanded the AP to descend. At about 07:45:50 I command the AP to fly 080°. It's all over about 07:48
Here's a link to a flight I made this morning. Headed to the WAAAM Museum for their annual Fly-in. Level at 8500', cruising at 163 KTAS and on the autopilot. The smoke has been bad in Oregon and on this flight it was OK until it wasn't. Decided to descend from 8500' to 6500' and do a 180. The autopilot was commanded to descend at 500'/m. After telling center that I was reversing course, I switched from NAV mode to heading mode and punched in 080°. The AP started a turn to the right and continued to descend. I'm flying VFR so my eyes are outside, not much of a horizon and I didn't notice that the bank angle was increasing and the autopilot was struggling to follow the flight director. Just as I noticed the upset, the airspeed warning started annunciating. Autopilot off, wings level and raise the nose...already too late, Vne busted!
Move ahead on the timeline until about 07:43 that's when I commanded the AP to descend. At about 07:45:50 I command the AP to fly 080°. It's all over about 07:48
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