I am about to earn my private pilot license, and i have had 3 instructors since i started. i am two weeks from my checkride and about 23 weeks ago i found out for the first time about power on stalls while turning. i did a power on stall straight ahead with my instructor when he told me to turn to the left or right, but i just did one straight ahead and he didnt say anything. what should i do?? should i tell my instructor that i have never done it, and tell the examiner i have never done those before. i got a letter from a fellow pilot and all he wrote was power on stalls, and my other two instructors have never told me to turn in a stall. What should I do? and also what happens during a power on stall?
2007-02-10 12:49:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
i mean it wasnt 23 weeks it was two weeks
2007-02-10 12:55:20 · update #1
From the way I read your question it sounds like you think you are expected to demonstrate a turn while the aircraft is stalled during your flight exam.
Let me assure you that we are trained to NOT attempt a turn while the aircraft is stalled under any circumstance. You run the risk of entering a spin.
Remember that an aircraft can stall in any attitude, & with any power setting. Not just straight ahead with the power off, or at a low setting.
Your instructor may have asked you to demostrate a stall from a turn, not a turn while stalled.
If your instructor has never demonstrated a stall entry, & recovery while in a turn, then have him give you a demonstration before you go out on your check-ride if it makes you feel better.
However, depending on what licence you are going for, you may only be required to demonstrate recovery from a power on stall in straight flight.
Remember your power-on stall recovery proceedures.
1) Lower Nose
2) Control Yaw with rudder
3) Full power (carb heat off) & raise flaps if necessary
4) Return to cruise or climb
Good luck on your flight test!
2007-02-10 15:04:50 · answer #1 · answered by No More 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Turning stalls is a manuver that you should know how to do, not for a check ride, but it could save your life one day. If you instructor is scared, find an instructor that will do them. You should work your way up to 45 degrees of bank in a power on stall. Remeber just stay coordinated and the A/C will not spin.
CFI at Embry-Riddle with 1200 dual given
2007-02-11 03:36:47 · answer #2 · answered by aceshigh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Learning power-on stalls can save your life. They are also known as departure stalls. Basically if, at rotation speed, you pulled back on the yoke abruptly the critical angle of attack would be exceeded and the wings couldn't supply lift causing a stall. If you've never done one, tell your CFI and s/he can teach you about it. A power-on stall is usually done without turning but stalls could and are taught turning also.... It's not that more complicated.
As far as what happens, simply put, the critical angle of attack (see the Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge if you don't know what the critical angle of attack is) is exceeded and the wings can't create lift.
One more thought... since you need to maintain a certain heading, plus or minus 10 degrees in straight flight and "a specified angle of bank not to exceed 20 degrees, +- 10 degrees, in turning flight, while inducing the stall" you need to practice both straight and turning power on stalls. You do have a copy of PTS, right? :)
Write to me if you have any more questions. Good luck.
2007-02-10 13:18:55 · answer #3 · answered by barrych209 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
What you're talking about is a departure stall. You most definitely should practice them, not for the check ride so much as for your own ability to pilot. Keep your control input gentle, as it is relatively easy for a departure stall to turn into a spin. No problem, just practice with enough altitude under you to recover.
2007-02-10 13:00:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Douglas, to SPIN the airplane you have to stall it AND be in a cross controlled condition.(slipping or skidding) If you enter a stall in a turn, as long as it is coordinated (ball in the center) you will NOT spin!! I learned both power on and power off stalls while turning in my training!!! Never entered into a spin once!
To the OP get with your CFI and learn/ practice this until you are comfortable doing them on you own, it might save your life one day!!
2007-02-11 03:43:55 · answer #5 · answered by cherokeeflyer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just ask your instructor to demonstrate it, and then you do it.
2007-02-10 13:53:48 · answer #6 · answered by TimTim 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋