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I've never had power loss on take-off personally, but have over 600 hours
behind the Tornado stick including 2 intentional engine off landings. I
would certainly never consider the pitch up that occurs when you quickly cut
power to be severe. What I found actually more interesting was the lack of
feeling someone put the brakes on. I used to kill the engine in my Hawk
Arrow often and play glider, but when the engine stopped, it felt as if
someone pulled the parking brake and you slowed quickly. The Tornado just
gets quiet with a light pitch up, then bleeds off speed steadily.
In take-off attitude, you would have a much higher angle of attack
(especially when preparing to clear obstacles) with an airspeed of 60-70mph.
If the engine were to quit at that aggressive angle (especially if trimmed
for that angle), I doubt the pitch up would even be noticeable, but the lost
of airspeed would be much quicker. You're going to stall around 52-55mph
with a clean wing (no flaps), so if you don't change the attitude to nose
down quickly, you may drop a wing and possibly invert. I've done that twice
and you sure want to be on top of it. One time I was 2000' starting what I
planned to be a wing over, but it was a little windy and as the pull up
crossed through higher altitudes the wind speeds dropped and next thing I
knew, full stall with nose up more than 55 degrees. The bird did a full
summersault roll to the left and I shoved the stick full forward to regain
airspeed and swooped out having lost 600' of altitude. My pax thought it
was the best demo ride ever...I was looking for toilet paper! That's the
only time I've been "surprised" by the Tornado and it was due to playing too
aggressive in winds.
The Tornado is a blast to fly and performs like a little jet fighter.
Flying one is pretty easy, but I would absolutely suggest training to get
used to its stall characteristics and landings.
Randy
-----Original Message-----
From: Titanaircraft@
On Behalf Of ejbnorfolk
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 8:00 AM
To: Titanaircraft@
Subject: [Titanaircraft] Take off power loss pitch up
Hello all,
Do any of you have experience with power loss on take off?
Do you encounter a pretty severe pitch up?
Thanks
Ed Baker
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