Silangit Feed 1: [Titanaircraft] Re: Take off power loss pitch up

Friday, July 10, 2009

[Titanaircraft] Re: Take off power loss pitch up

--- In Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com, "ejbnorfolk" <ejbnorfolk@...> wrote:
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> Hello all,
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> Do any of you have experience with power loss on take off?
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> Do you encounter a pretty severe pitch up?
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> Thanks
> Ed Baker
>

Like others have said, the pitch-up tendency in the tornado is fairly mild when the power goes away suddenly. I havn't tried it in a climbout scenario yet but I've chopped the power in level flight a few times. You do get a mild pitch-up but it's easily counteracted with foward stick pressure.
There is so much elevator authority on the plane due to the full flying stabilator that pitch is easily managed.

My plane is the II SS which has the highest thrust line of all the tornado models (I believe) and even so the pitch affects are pretty subdued.

Still, I strongly prefer a flat, fast initial climbout to a very safe altitude before pulling back for a Vy climb. I do about 80mph for at least 100' and usually more like 200' before I start slowing down to a Vy climb. Around here we have long runways pretty much everywhere (due to our altitude) so I can afford this basically anywhere I fly to.

LS