Negative GA on Diane Rehms Show

Matt Whiting wrote:

I think this article is also less than accurate, especially the
statements about a stalled airplane going "straight down." Many
airplanes can be held in a stalled condition at an attitude that is far
from straight down. Even in a spin the airplane is seldom pointing
straight down and many airplanes spin in a fairly flat attitude.


Matt

A few times during my student days, I'd stall the 152 and hold it there
for a while. It's an interesting way to lose altitude, and you'd
better stay coordinated. But you CAN hold the yoke all the way back
and fly stalled.

wrote:
Matt Whiting wrote:

I think this article is also less than accurate, especially the
statements about a stalled airplane going "straight down." Many
airplanes can be held in a stalled condition at an attitude that is far
from straight down. Even in a spin the airplane is seldom pointing
straight down and many airplanes spin in a fairly flat attitude.


Matt

A few times during my student days, I'd stall the 152 and hold it there
for a while. It's an interesting way to lose altitude, and you'd
better stay coordinated. But you CAN hold the yoke all the way back
and fly stalled.

You can kick the rudder hard and spin it to lose altitude without
picking up a lot of airspeed as well :-)

wrote:
Matt Whiting wrote:


I think this article is also less than accurate, especially the
statements about a stalled airplane going "straight down." Many
airplanes can be held in a stalled condition at an attitude that is far
from straight down. Even in a spin the airplane is seldom pointing
straight down and many airplanes spin in a fairly flat attitude.


Matt


A few times during my student days, I'd stall the 152 and hold it there
for a while. It's an interesting way to lose altitude, and you'd
better stay coordinated. But you CAN hold the yoke all the way back
and fly stalled.


True, and you don't go "straight down."


Matt