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Minimum Controllable 2010-03-18
No maneuvers below 1500í Stall horn whimpering at all times Power added as required to hold altitude in 10-degree maximum banks Headings + 10 degrees MCA means Minimum Controllable Airspeed (in a particular configuration). You can do it with all the flaps or none. You are flying on the edge of a stall for a prolonged period. The stall horn should be whimpering, the controls should be mushy. MCA teaches precise aircraft control at the slow end of the envelope. MCA differs from slow flight that is performed at 1.3 vso. Comment		External Links  Recent articles Service Difficulty Reports (SDRs) P B SDRs B are a mechanics #146; report on maintenance problems These are collected by the FAA and aircraft manufacturer and passed on... General Aviation Statistics Only three out of every 1000 people in the US are pilots BR Out of 67 000 licensed instructors in the U s ... Post-start Flap setting BR Trim setting BR Mixture leaning BR Radios BR ATIS BR Engine Instruments ... 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