woodstock
Final Approach
Hi all
I am nearly done with Stick n Rudder. The last few chapters are devoted to air safety/Dangers of the Air.
The writer states that one of the most (or the most?) common fatal accident involves spinning out of a turn - more specifically tight ones.
In reading this I'm trying to visualize all that you'd do in a climbing turn (his main example) and I think my one question is - how do you realize ahead of time you are in danger of stalling/setting yourself up for a spin? we've practiced the normal straight/level flight stalls, not turning, yet. what sort of things do you look for (or try to avoid doing in the first place) and how do you recognize it in time?
I know you are first supposed to get the nose down at all costs, and if the wing is dropping you don't pick it up with aileron, you are supposed to pick it up with high rudder (opposite rudder) but I also know in a quick panic situation you may not think of that and do what is instinctual but also wrong.
I'll likely come up with more questions along these lines but this is a start.
thanks.
I am nearly done with Stick n Rudder. The last few chapters are devoted to air safety/Dangers of the Air.
The writer states that one of the most (or the most?) common fatal accident involves spinning out of a turn - more specifically tight ones.
In reading this I'm trying to visualize all that you'd do in a climbing turn (his main example) and I think my one question is - how do you realize ahead of time you are in danger of stalling/setting yourself up for a spin? we've practiced the normal straight/level flight stalls, not turning, yet. what sort of things do you look for (or try to avoid doing in the first place) and how do you recognize it in time?
I know you are first supposed to get the nose down at all costs, and if the wing is dropping you don't pick it up with aileron, you are supposed to pick it up with high rudder (opposite rudder) but I also know in a quick panic situation you may not think of that and do what is instinctual but also wrong.
I'll likely come up with more questions along these lines but this is a start.
thanks.