>Stalls can be the ROOT cause accidents. >If instructors can teach stall recognition adequately, >the ensuing UNDEVELOPED spin into terrain will not happen.
I agree Bob, but most instructors have students do power-on stalls only with the ball centered. This is a goofy way to teach them, because if someone accidentally stalls the plane power-on, how can we assume they'll be stepping on the rudder, keeping the plane coordinated, if they aren't even paying attention to the airspeed or pitch attitude? I have never seen someone lose track of pitch and airspeed and still keep the ball centered. The rudder coordination is almost always the first thing they forget. I have students stall the plane a few times with power-on using no rudder whatsoever (they understand that this is the wrong way). They tell me that they're afraid that the plane will spin. Well, yeah...of course! Just like it will if they ever stall with the power on for real, accidentally. So we do a couple of spin entries and recoveries first, so that they know what a spin is like and can easily and predictably recover. Then they have no problem doing the uncoordinated stalls, and can develop an instinctive reaction to GET THE NOSE DOWN FIRST! THEN use aileron! -------------------------------------------------------------- Coupers: You don't have to CC your messages to me if you're also sending it to the list. I'm on the list! --------------------------------------------------------------
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