September 3, 201213 yr Have you ever tried opening the door while flying? I have. Today I was in the RV-6 in Flight. I was cruising at 5000 feet level with no hands on the Joystick and I accidentally opened the door. The next second, I noticed that I was descending at 2000 ft/minute. I works in the Icon too. I haven't tried the others, but I'll get back after I'm done testing. Alex Leung Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate Glider & Private Pilot via Royal Canadian Air Cadets
September 3, 201213 yr Back when I working on my PPL in a C-150. My instructor demensrated how opening the doors would yaw the aircraft left or right with out touching the rudder bedals. The same thing can be done with a twin engine aircraft with defferential power adjustment of the engines. Of course we can't do that with the C-46 can we.
September 3, 201213 yr Author Seems like the only aircraft that won't do it are the stearman and the cub. Only deluxe planes can offer you openable doors. Alex Leung Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate Glider & Private Pilot via Royal Canadian Air Cadets
September 3, 201213 yr The Maule is a blast to open the doors when it's full of passengers......then fly inverted while the doors are open and listen to the screaming. O and Cntrl O for added effect.
September 3, 201213 yr Also try diving at the ground from a good height. As your speed gets up there, the noise level goes up and you start to get some buffeting.......... We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
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