Originally Posted by stickandrudderman
I'm not experienced at experimenting with the stall, but I had a trial flight in a pitts a couple of years ago where it was demonstrated how to descend in the stalled condition by keeping wings level with the rudder alone (stick fully back).
At one point in my aero's training I didn't like spinning the Decathlon.... so my instructor and I approached it by getting me to hold in a fully developed stall, holding wings level with rudder (stick fully back), and not recovering until I'd descended 1500 feet.
We then clambered back up and tried again but allowing an incipient spin by letting the wing go....
I got there in the end, and managed my 3 turn spin and recovery...