Originally Posted by
Centaurus
The CAAP discusses wing drop at the point of stall training requirement. But what if the aircraft is well maintained, no rigging defects and by design simply will not drop a wing at the point of stall? Most modern light singles simply squash and won't stall in the classic manner.
That is why they are so safe in that regime. Does that mean a student must deliberately fake a wing drop in order to tick the CASA box. If so, how does one fake a wing drop on such aircraft?
You are correct, it is part of the syllabus. In something like a warrior, typically what ends up being done is the wing drop is created by the instructor in a way that doesn't really represent a realistic scenario. The student is left wondering, well there is no way I would accidentally do that, why am I learning how to recover from it?
If the pilot later goes on to fly something with less benign stalling behaviour they may be totally unprepared for what can happen (and also they have never been exposed to simulated scenarios that reflect how inadvertent spins actually happen).
I have no problem doing spin training in a glider but would think it even better to do training in something that more reflects what can (and does) happen in powered aircraft.