Will Aldridge
Well-Known Member
Just was reading through this months Sport Aviation and found an article on a homebuilt stick shaker. To distill the article down to the basics the article asks why is it that we in the homebuilt community have so many stall spin accidents and so few of our aircraft are equipped with any kind of stall warning device? Stick Shakers have been proven by the FAA in studies to cut a pilots reaction time to a stall in half compared to a stall horn.
Will Fox designed and built a really simple stick shaker using a vibrating motor when coupled with an AoA indicator or stall horn that works really well.
See his youtube video here.
I personally had never even considered the need for any kind of stall warning in my plane but after reading the article I'm definitely going to install some kind of system. No idea yet exactly what kind but I will probably include the stick shaker in it.
Will Fox designed and built a really simple stick shaker using a vibrating motor when coupled with an AoA indicator or stall horn that works really well.
See his youtube video here.
I personally had never even considered the need for any kind of stall warning in my plane but after reading the article I'm definitely going to install some kind of system. No idea yet exactly what kind but I will probably include the stick shaker in it.
