What is a "stall turn"?

Pull up into a vertical climb in a light aircraft and you'll
soon find out


I suspect you are referring to whaT I learned as a "snap turn." Put the plane
(SNJ/T6 in my case) in a steep turn to the left. Then haul back swiftly on
stick. Angle of attack is exceeded, right wing stalls, and plane snaps to the
right. The trick is to recover from the snap before it developes into a nice
spin. Lots of fun when planned on and done correctly. Scares the **** out of
you when happens inadvertantly. Can work starting with a turn to the right,
but harder to do because the SNJ's right wing is fonder of stalls than its left
wing.

This, incidentally, can be done at almost any airspeed. Simply a high speed
stall while in a steep turn.

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