Stick alone

[CT2K]

Hi Gentlemen,

The other day a hangar neighbor with a low wing asked if the CT could be piloted with stick alone. I said yes to a certain extent, but he wanted more details; I told him I would ask the question in the forum and I will get back to him with more details.

Please free to share your thoughts and experiences.

[Tom Baker]

My opinion is that if you try and fly with the stick alone it will be ugly. The CT has a lot of adverse yaw, and it is amplified at low speeds with the flaps deployed. This is unlike a lot of low wing airplanes that have differential ailerons that help compensate for adverse yaw at least with mild control inputs.

[Animosity2k]

I'm not sure how one would do it as Tom alluded to. This plane as a ton of adverse yaw and I feel I rely pretty heavily on my rudders.

[Warmi]

To Toms point , my low wing Sting doesn’t have much adverse yaw , I really only notice when doing slow flight and about 90% my overall rudder usage is  during landings and takeoffs for reasons not related to adverse yaw.

[FlyingMonkey]

Why would you want to fly with stick alone?  Personally I'd rather fly an airplane with a working rudder and jammed ailerons than the other way around.  With rudder you can (and will) yaw and roll.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

8 hours ago, WmInce said:

Just pretend it's an Ercoupe! . . 

Haha!

[CT2K]

Thanks to All for your valuable contributions, as usual.

Will revert back to the person who originally asked me the question.

I like the wisdom in Tom Baker's comment "with the stick alone it will be ugly". Very diplomatic way to say "Don't do it"

[CT2K]

Hi All,

Just wanted to get back to this topic to share this link. Interesting to meditate:

http://www.dylanaviation.com/stick-and-rudder-what-does-that-mean/