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the airplane’s nose typically pitches forward ahead of you while A Stalling While Turning
still in a banked condition (thus the appearance of one wing
being lower than the other). The stall recovery, however, is the
same as it is for straight and level flight, except that you’ll typ-
ically recover back into wings-level flight through the coordi-
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nated use of aileron and rudder. Let’s see this stall in action. 1 Reduce power
Apply carb heat
After making clearing turns, apply carburetor heat, reduce
power to flight idle, and begin applying sufficient back pressure 3
Raise nose
to hold altitude (Figure 30, position A). Now, place the airplane
in a turn that doesn’t exceed 20 degrees of bank (Figure 30, po-
sition B). Keep the turn coordinated and the airplane turning B
at a uniform rate as you continue increasing the angle of attack. 4
Continue
Be aware of the tendency for the bank to increase with increas- aft pull
ing back pressure. Use your ailerons and rudders in coordina- 5 Roll into a 20°
tion to sustain the desired bank (20 degrees in this instance) banked turn.
and prevent overbanking. If the turn is coordinated, the air-
plane will stall and then pitch forward and downward in a di-
rection perpendicular to the wings.
To recover, reduce the angle of attack by releasing elevator
back pressure and simultaneously add full power (Figure 30, C
position C). When the wings are no longer stalled, use your
ailerons and rudder in coordination to level the wings (Figure
30, position D). Now, establish a climb attitude for Vy while 6
Recover from 7
maintaining your rollout heading (the heading you rolled out stall by lower- Add full power
on after you leveled the wings) as you climb to your previous ing the nose
altitude (Figure 30, position E).
Keep in mind that as power is applied during stall recovery, 8
you’ll initially need more right rudder pressure to keep the air- Remove carb heat
plane in coordinated flight (Figure 30, position F). Be prepared
D
to push your rudder pedal appropriately. Of course, you don’t
want to apply power without reducing the angle of attack. 9
Doing so might actually cause one wing to stall before the other, Level the
wings with
since the addition of power yaws the nose to the left. The com- rudder and
bination of a power induced yaw (meaning the need for right aileron
rudder) and critical
angle of attack is F
the precise combi-
nation of control
forces needed to E
spin the airplane.
So be sure to de-
crease the angle of
attack and simul-
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taneously add 7 Establish
power, while keep- Add right climb at Vy,
rudder as maintain
ing the flight con- power is heading
applied Fig. 30
trols coordinated.