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Old 23rd Apr 2013, 21:26
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BEagle
 
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Reduce the AoA then smoothly apply power. Driving out of a stall these days is considered bad form. But hey, what would I know...
Not enough, it would seem.

'Driving out of a stall' refers to the stupidity of FAA Examiners who expected 'TOGA, hold attitude, don't lose an inch', which is a killer in many aircraft.

So the pig-ignorant people-tube drones have been told that reducing AoA is of paramount importance. True. But full power (or thrust) in a typical pod-engined people-tube can aggrevate the stall by inducing a pitch rate which will cause the aircraft to exceed the stall AoA, thereby entering a region of unpredictable behaviour - particularly if the dull sods haven't noticed that the aircraft has trimmed itself continuously to the stall. However, this is NOT true of a typical SEP aeroplane, in which there should never be a reason to trim to less than the gliding speed - except, perhaps, during a deliberate short field approach.

Regrettably, the 'airline' technique appears to be infecting PPL training - a sad situation which must be robustly rejected!

Anyway, Standard Stall Recovery is:

1. Full power and control column centrally forward (keeping the ball in the middle).

2. Stop pitching once the stall warning / ident has ceased - whatever that might be.

3. Level wings and recover from descent.
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