Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
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The cross control departure that was taught was called "skidded turn stall" and it was done dirty: gear down flaps up, 100 knots (pattern airspeed).
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I can still remember quite a bit about my basic training in the Navy T-34, but nothing sticks in what's left of my brain like that skidded turn stall lesson. There was no demo; just the instructor talking me through the maneuver as you describe. As I continued to feed in rudder and opposite aileron everything seemed pretty normal and then BAM, we rolled to the outside and were inverted in the blink of an eye. It was quite spectacular and a great lesson. It was explained to me that the cause of these departures from controlled flight were usually caused by a reluctance to use a steep enough turn, but rather trying to "rudder the plane around the corner" while maintaining a reduced bank angle with opposite aileron.