Originally Posted by HN39
As to the THS being 'a mighty thing', that is true, but should not be exaggerated. According to Owain G's post, 10 deg of THS is equivalent to 15 deg of elevator. Therefore I agree that the effect of less THS as the airplane got deeper into the stall would have been somewhat lower AoA's, but that's about it.
As we got little extra time in the sim today, we did experience a full stall from FL350.
Here is what I can report from the experience :
- From the STALL warning we kept a light aft pressure on the sidestick
- It was not long before we got a negative vertical speed of 15000ft/min
- THS went to 12 deg UP under STALL warning
- As we decided to exit the stall, full fwd pressure on the sidestick was applied
- But we were unable to lower the nose
- THS did not move
- THS was then manually rolled fwd
- Nose came down
- Exit was then possible
I can't remember all the details, too much stuff to look at.
Thrust was kept at idle all the time.
Early fwd pressure on the sidestick at initial STALL warning should prevent a stall to develop.