At 22:24 23 June 2005, Ian Johnston wrote:

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OK, so how would you described the difference. How
far does the wing
have to drop before /you/ use spin recovery rather
than stall
recovery? I'm genuinely interested: it's not supposed
to be a trick question in any way.

Ian

Its not about how far the wing has dropped, its about
whether the glider has started to rotate about the
dropped wing.

A wing drop stall has a lot of roll, some pitch but
not much yaw so your first action is to unstall the
wings by moving the stick forward.

If you've been slow to intiate the recovery, the glider
will start to yaw/rotate around the dropped wing and
once this has happened, your first action should be
full opposite rudder.

Ed