Originally Posted by
Arydberg
I am a glider pilot and we never use the spoilers in a stall. Point the nose down and then rase it before the airspeed increases excessively. You really need to anticipate the increased air speed. On landing yes the spoilers do behave like a throttle. They can give us a lot more range if it is needed.
At least that is what we do in a Schweitzer 2-33A.
Spoilers full open on a 233 will dump you in like a brick. Tried that once.