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Old February 16th 09, 09:52 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Matt Herron Jr.
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I must be missing something. The nose pitch down is due to a stall on
the horizontal stabilizer. The advice is to pull back on the stick
immediately. Because the horizontal stab is an upside down wing, this
would have the effect of increasing the angle of attack even higher
and aggravating the stall. Is it just a wind deflector at that point,
and not a flying surface at all that is helping?

Matt