Sport Pilot Talk

I'm sure this has probably been discussed before, but I couldn't find the thread.

Are there any S-LSA's that come with a stall warning horn? Why are they not required?

As I was landing today, I was thinking about how much I liked hearing the stall warning start, as I was about to land my Cirrus. I miss it.

BrianL99 wrote:I'm sure this has probably been discussed before, but I couldn't find the thread.

Are there any S-LSA's that come with a stall warning horn? Why are they not required?

As I was landing today, I was thinking about how much I liked hearing the stall warning start, as I was about to land my Cirrus. I miss it.

Largely unneeded, many experimental so don't have them either. In most LSA you'd have to be kind of asleep at the switch to get into a steal without knowing it.

If you miss it, I'd look into installing an AoA system with an audible tone. It's more accurate than a traditional stall horn, and easier to retrofit.

MrMorden wrote:

BrianL99 wrote:I'm sure this has probably been discussed before, but I couldn't find the thread.

Are there any S-LSA's that come with a stall warning horn? Why are they not required?

As I was landing today, I was thinking about how much I liked hearing the stall warning start, as I was about to land my Cirrus. I miss it.

Largely unneeded, many experimental so don't have them either. In most LSA you'd have to be kind of asleep at the switch to get into a steal without knowing it.

If you miss it, I'd look into installing an AoA system with an audible tone. It's more accurate than a traditional stall horn, and easier to retrofit.

I've looked into AoA systems and couldn't find anything was very reasonable to install.

BrianL99 wrote:

MrMorden wrote:

BrianL99 wrote:I'm sure this has probably been discussed before, but I couldn't find the thread.

Are there any S-LSA's that come with a stall warning horn? Why are they not required?

As I was landing today, I was thinking about how much I liked hearing the stall warning start, as I was about to land my Cirrus. I miss it.

Largely unneeded, many experimental so don't have them either. In most LSA you'd have to be kind of asleep at the switch to get into a steal without knowing it.

If you miss it, I'd look into installing an AoA system with an audible tone. It's more accurate than a traditional stall horn, and easier to retrofit.

I've looked into AoA systems and couldn't find anything was very reasonable to install.

Really? Most systems just need a second pitot line and some kind of control until that both lines go to. A Dynon glass panel can act as the head unit.

My Sky Arrow has a stall warning horn. If you've watched any of my landing videos you've heard it.

The actual horn is the same as in a Cessna 150 and has a Cessna part number.

Mine goes off way too early to be much use, even after a small mod which did help a tiny bit.

Neither of my Citabrias had stall warning horns, nor did I feel like they were missed.

I have mixed feelings about stall warning horns and lights. I suppose they have saved a life or two, but they are electrical or mechanical systems, and such a system can fail. The pilot who only knows that a stall is imminent by a horn or light is in for a rude awakening if waiting for a warning that never comes. My primary trainer has no stall warning other then the slight buffet when flow separation begins, and I think that's a good thing. If the studentry is taught to feel the buffet and recover, he or she will learn to be at one with the aircraft. It's a very Zen thing. Just as the student shouldn't be dependent on the inclinometer ("be the ball"), so should the student learn to be the stall warning device.

drseti wrote:I have mixed feelings about stall warning horns and lights. I suppose they have saved a life or two, but they are electrical or mechanical systems, and such a system can fail. The pilot who only knows that a stall is imminent by a horn or light is in for a rude awakening if waiting for a warning that never comes.

I video'd a landing in my Cirrus where the stick was just about all the way back - my goal most of the time is to land as slowly as possible. I noticed in the video, there was no horn - odd.

Somehow I had missed this, probably repeatedly, on my preflights:



Some mud daubers or something had started a nest. I had no idea how long the stall warning had been out, or how long it would have taken me to be aware had I not noticed it on the video - a form of "change blindness", I think.

BTW, here's the mod I did to slightly lower the speed where my Sky Arrow horn comes on:

NTSB Identification:http://ntsb.gov/about/employment/_layou ... 236&akey=1WPR13FA236

"The wing exhibited leading edge crushing throughout its span. The outboard portion of the wing exhibited approximate 30-degree crushing from the landing light outboard to the wingtip. The left aileron remained attached via all of its mounts. The left flap remained attached to the wing via all of its mounts. The stall switch from the left wing was intact and displaced from the wing with impact damage noted. The switch functioned mechanically, however, would not function electrically. "

I wonder if it worked and if so would it have made a difference.

The Cessna 162 has a stall warning horn, and for me, 10 hours and counting, I think it's a pretty good idea. It reminds me to check airspeed if I get too slow on landing approaches.

Carbon Cubs have them.

I understand the need (or desire) for a horn, but I always found them more annoying than anything. Okay, so they're great when doing stalls and flying at minimum controllable airspeed at altitude. It's fun chugging along with the horn blaring. But when you're in that sublime moment inches above the runway, airspeed bleeding off and just about to hear two simultaneous chirps, the last thing I want to hear is the damn horn going off to kill the enjoyment.

It sort of reminds me of having a toddler knocking on the (locked) bedroom door at just the wrong moment and saying "Mommy? Are you in there? I want a drink of water!!"