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Old 8th Mar 2011, 12:27
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Centaurus
 
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It came to a head when I did my Wing Drop Stalls lesson
Now that's a new one. What is a wing drop stall and in what type of aircraft? And how does the instructor force the aircraft into a wing drop at the stall when it is designed not to drop a wing by virtue of its certification?

I know of one experienced instructor who for instance teaches the "wing drop stall" by pulling back on the stick until the aircraft is pointing skywards by 45 degrees or more than whacking on hard rudder to force a wing drop. The aircraft which is a relatively new design of five years old will normally never drop a wing and in fact the thing just flutters downwards wings level with full back stick.

It was designed to be safe to the most inexperienced pilot. So what's the point is making the aircraft drop a wing artificially by violent manoeuvres so outlandish that no sane student would ever find himself in that situation..

Now about this "wing drop stall"....
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