Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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You're right. Power on stalls have a natural tendency to make newbies
more nervous than power off. The nose attitude is generally higher,
it's louder, (this is a factor BTW), the break is cleaner and more
sudden, and the recovery can seem hurried to a newbie who is
experiencing the recovery under stress.

Are you familiar with what Derrik Piggott has written about some peoples
sensitivity to reduced G forces? It used to be on-line but I can't find
a copy anymore.

But his theory is that some people react very poorly to reduced G and
will can attempt to "brace" themself to avoid falling which can result
in an accident when stalling at a low altitude...

I'll have to keep looking - it was an interesting read for me since my
youngest just HATES even things like elevators or driving over a bit of
a hill (reduced G situations)

Haven't seen this specific report, but the symptom is a common one and
something every good instructor feels out carefully in the beginning
stages of a newbies training.
I've often said to new CFI's that probably the most important time they
will ever spend with a new student is in that first few hours of
exposure with that student. It's during this time the instructor has to
evaluate exactly how he/she will interface with that specific student,
and also during the first hour of dual, just where a specific student is
comfort wise in the airplane.
Instructors who fail to make these assessments do great harm to
themselves AND their students.


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Dudley Henriques