Hi John:
Yeh, the sucker was controllable in yaw right up to the stall. When Seiguin did th mods to the Apache they put a very large fin and powerful rudder plus a long dorsal fin and you could keep it from departing straight flight with full power with the critical engine feathered right up to the stall buffet. ( or simulated feather ) Mind you I never did actually do a full stall with one at full power as soon as it buffeted I recovered. Anyhow that is what I meant by no VMC. So I guess to be strictly correct VMC and stall were about the same. Also by the time you got the thing into that configuration it was very apparent it was in a very unusual attitude and the low speed was quite evident without looking at that airspeed thingy.
Have you seen one in your country?
Great trainer, great performer.... For a little bug smasher.