The_navigator wrote:

On May 14, 7:17 pm, "Crash Lander" wrote:
"DR" wrote in message

In all cases
I've been taught to check forward positively and then go to full
power to get airspeed and pitch back up ASAP. Of course you need
to put in rudder at the same time to control a potential wing
drop developing. Now I know you did not stall just when the horn
went off, but a weak response in a real stall could fail the PPL
(I've been told). Is this a microlight difference? Do you do wing
drop stalls?

Cheers MarkC

Hi Mark. The Gazelle is such docile a/c, that it does not drop a
wing when stalling. We are yet to cover advanced stalls, but my
instructor said we'd 'try' to get it to drop a wing to do the
lesson. Crash Lander

Hi Oz, I'll bet it will drop a wing fast if you have power on and
full left rudder (you probably shouldn't do this as it may be way too
violent -just a little left rudder should be enough), but you have to
stall -not just take it to the point where the stall warning goes
off. But, do you actually stall or only just slow to near Vs -your
description did not sound like a full stall?

Cheers MarkC

Hey Mark!
If the fpm shows a loss, that's a stall yes? It started to show below
level, at which point I lowered the nose. The horn had been activated
for a few seconds already. The Gazelle stalls at about 45kts, and I was
definately not doing anymore than that, so I'd say it was an actual
stall. Next lesson is supposed to be advanced stalls so I'll get more
practice in then.
You may be right about it dropping a wing with full power and full
rudder. I was originally told it would not do it, but I guess that was
with a power off stall.

--
Oz Lander.
I'm not always right,
But I'm never wrong.