704CH
Well Known Member
I understand how AOA works and just don?t understand how great the benefits are for a 2 seat RV. Maybe you guys can help illuminate me. I have AOA in my plane and always use indicated airspeed when landing, when using AOA I might as well be using airspeed since it doesn?t make much of a difference. I know everyone is trying to sell AOA, but I really need help understanding the benefits in an RV. I will say that my AOA does work pretty good as a stall warner, so that is one advantage.
1) AOA makes perfect sense for something like a Pilatus with a large range of landing weights and a higher landing speed. In a big plane, using AOA when landing light vs gross you can really reduce your landing speed. In an RV the weight changes are so minimal they don?t make much difference to me.
2) AOA makes sense for planes with fast landing speeds because due to density altitude and temp changes the variance of AOA due to these factors can greatly help reduce landing speeds.. RV?s don?t have high landing speeds.
3) RVs are bouncy planes and with some thermals on landing your airspeed changes around up to 5 knots anyway with each bounce, so I use airspeed to keep a good safety factor.
4) Maybe RV-10?s have a bit more of a weight change and AOA is more beneficial?
Thanks for any feedback on this topic.
1) AOA makes perfect sense for something like a Pilatus with a large range of landing weights and a higher landing speed. In a big plane, using AOA when landing light vs gross you can really reduce your landing speed. In an RV the weight changes are so minimal they don?t make much difference to me.
2) AOA makes sense for planes with fast landing speeds because due to density altitude and temp changes the variance of AOA due to these factors can greatly help reduce landing speeds.. RV?s don?t have high landing speeds.
3) RVs are bouncy planes and with some thermals on landing your airspeed changes around up to 5 knots anyway with each bounce, so I use airspeed to keep a good safety factor.
4) Maybe RV-10?s have a bit more of a weight change and AOA is more beneficial?
Thanks for any feedback on this topic.