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examine the best way to recover from a stall with Setting Up the Full Flap Stall
flaps extended.
Since you’ll typically extend flaps when ap-
proaching to land, we’ll call stalls in this condi-
tion, approach-to-landing stalls. In straight and
level flight apply carb heat, reduce power to idle and
begin by slowing the airplane to the typical ap-
proach speed for your plane, as shown in Figure 3 Slow to typical
33 (yes, you can reduce power and lower the approach speed
nose to begin a descent while slowing down, but
this isn’t the cleanest or most aesthetically
pleasing way to set up an airplane for the stall).
Apply sufficient elevator back pressure to hold 2
altitude as your airspeed decreases. When your Apply elevator
speed decreases below the maximum flap ex- back pressure
to hold altitude
tended speed (Vfe) as shown in Figure 34,
1
begin applying flaps in 10 degree or single- Apply carb heat
notch increments until full flaps & reduce power
are deployed. Ten to 15 degree
increments help minimize Fig. 34 4
Apply flaps in
large up or down pitch 10° increments
changes as you adjust your below Vfe Fig. 33
pitch to maintain the de- Beginning the Full Flap Stall
sired full flaps approach
speed or 1.3 Vso, for in-
stance. Some airplane manu-
facturers allow you to apply
partial flaps at speeds above Vfe. If 5 Begin descent
you’re in such an airplane, then feel free to apply when at 1.3 Vso
that partial amount of flaps first at a higher speed to
help decrease your airspeed. When reaching Vfe,
apply the remaining flaps as appropriate.
Once you’re established in a power-off de-
scent at the full flap approach speed, you are
ready to actually stall the airplane (Figure 35).
In this instance, you can trim the airplane as
necessary to maintain this condition, especially
if your tiny biceps muscles are humming like
newly plucked violin strings. Listen to that
music and trim away your discomfort. Why trim
when this stall demonstration is a temporary 6
Apply elevator
condition? Because I want you to know what back pressure
it’s like to feel the actual elevator back pressure and stall
associated with deployment of full flaps, trim
and full power. As you’ll see, you’re going to need
to initially apply a lot of forward elevator pressure to
keep your airplane under control immediately after adding
Fig. 35
power.