About Stall Psychology and Pilots

"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk At Wow Way D0t C0m wrote in message
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"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)

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I think that Google found it for me and the spelling of the author's first
name is Derek The article is at:
http://www.danlj.org/~danlj/Soaring/Clues/SDO.html

Peter

I think that Google found it for me and the spelling of the author's first
name is Derek *The article is at:http://www.danlj.org/~danlj/Soaring/Clues/SDO.html

Peter-

Wow, this is excellent. Thanks!

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I think that Google found it for me and the spelling of the author's first
name is Derek The article is
at:http://www.danlj.org/~danlj/Soaring/Clues/SDO.html

Peter-

Wow, this is excellent. Thanks!

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Well, I printed it out and read it and it was a great article. But, about
three quarters of the way through it, I found that it was not the originally
requested treatise, which I could only find offered in printed form. That
one appears to be: "Sub-gravity Sensations and Gliding Accidents" 1994 by
Derek Piggott, and is available from the Soaring Society of America amoung
other places.

Peter