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Old 13th Jul 2011, 13:48
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Centaurus
 
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Been struggling to figure the purpose of this thread.
Read the title of the original post. Shouldn't be too much of a struggle. The man is saying that mandating 3000 ft as a blanket prohibition below which stall practice is not permitted, is too restrictive for most types flying in today's flying schools. And it costs money in terms of cost/benefit to a student.

Secondly, the poster is saying that to force an aircraft into a wing drop in order to meet a GFPT test requirement in an aircraft that is designed NOT to drop wings, is illogical (read crazy). He should have added that the design certification of recent types (last 25 years) means the ailerons are effective below stalling speed and have the capability of levelling the wings during stall recovery.

Despite this, there is no shortage of flying instructors who were taught on their instructors course to pick up a dropped wing solely by skidding the aircraft using rudder until the wings are level - even though this could lead to a spin in the opposite direction to the first dropped wing. And these instructors teach their new students the same thing and the myth
propagates. All this leads to students and their instructors jumping at shadows whenever the subject of stalling practice comes up

I hope this helps your `struggles`, Fork Tail
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