Ed_Wischmeyer
Well Known Member
After flying the RV-9A mostly with autopilot, I've started trying to bring my hand flying skills back up to where they ought to be and where they used to be.
One thing I noticed today is that it takes very little pitch attitude change to establish a vertical velocity. I learned originally in a Cessna 172, and when I started flying Cherokees, I noted that the Cherokee was easier to fly IFR because there was more of a pitch change required for a comparable vertical velocity, so small pitch errors did not generate much vertical velocity. Seems to me that the RV-9A is gives more vertical velocity for a small pitch change than the C172.
Yes, the RV-9A handling is great for VFR, but it seems a bit pitch sensitive for IFR.
So here's the question: looking at how much pitch change gives how much vertical speed, how do RVs compare with other planes? I've not flown a C182 or C210 in decades, so I can't answer my own question...
Ed
One thing I noticed today is that it takes very little pitch attitude change to establish a vertical velocity. I learned originally in a Cessna 172, and when I started flying Cherokees, I noted that the Cherokee was easier to fly IFR because there was more of a pitch change required for a comparable vertical velocity, so small pitch errors did not generate much vertical velocity. Seems to me that the RV-9A is gives more vertical velocity for a small pitch change than the C172.
Yes, the RV-9A handling is great for VFR, but it seems a bit pitch sensitive for IFR.
So here's the question: looking at how much pitch change gives how much vertical speed, how do RVs compare with other planes? I've not flown a C182 or C210 in decades, so I can't answer my own question...
Ed