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Homebuilt aircraft safety

Ibra wrote:

IMO, anything heavy with lot of power, high cruise/glide speeds will need more pilot skills to get it to touchdown at MTOW*(VS0*VS0)

Aircraft with a high wing and power loading are easier to land, so I’m not sure I understand that comment… maybe I’ve misunderstood. However hitting the ground at higher speed is clearly worse than at lower speed and I think the fatality rate in accidents is driven by stall speed more than any other factor.

I suspect in many accidents it is either of two opposite factors:
1) Touching well above stall speed on rough ground, and bouncing out of control.
2) Letting the speed get too near stall at altitude, then turning.
Both more likely if the pilot is unaccustomed to the cockpit view away from airfields.
Getting accustomed to that view, however, increases the risk of hitting wires.

Maoraigh
EGPE, United Kingdom
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