Could someone please explain to me in few and simple words, what exactly causes stall spins, how to recover your plane from them, and how to avoid them? The pilot below was able to regain control.
Posted by aLaStOr_MoOdY47@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 3 comments
RealChanandlerBong@reddit
It's part of pilot training.
Stalling when you are not coordinated will cause one wing to stall before the other, drop, and spin the aircraft.
You can avoid this by staying coordinated (both wings will stall at the same time so you drop down without spinning) or by not stalling in the first place.
To recover, basically you stop the spinning with the rudder (not the ailerons), break the stall if still stalled, recover.
It's actually quite simple at altitude, low to the ground there isn't much time to recover. Emphasis is therefore often placed on stall recognition first, stall-spin recovery second.
Just_Another_Pilot@reddit
One note on the recovery, the single most important part is reducing angle of attack with down elevator. That alone will get you out of the spin in a normal category airplane.
pilot7880@reddit
Back when I trained for my PPC and practiced power-off stall recovery, I used to do what you referred to here, i.e. applying down elevator along with full throttle. I remember my instructor chiding me for this and telling me all I needed to do was simply release back pressure on the elevator, rather than put the plane into a quasi-nose dive.