When my C152 stalls with engine, it always stalls turning left. Why ?
Good morning,
I just wonder why my Cessna 152 always turns left when the nose goes down while stalling with engine. However when I stall with idle power, the nose goes down and the aircraft maintains a straight flight without doing any turn. One thing to note is that the nose gets a lot higher while stalling with engine than with idle power. Thus the P-factor is stronger since the angle of attack of the proppeler's blade going down is greater (P-factor).
To summarise: my hipotesis here is that the left turn is due to P-factor which is very strong at low speed and high angle of attack (due to a higher nose).
But could spiraling slipstream or asymmetrical lift intervene as well ?
Thansk a lot.
Emmanuel Cordier.