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Old 01-25-2011, 07:38 AM
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Default RE: How to recover from a tip (wing) stall?

To address the OP's question.

There is only one stall recovery. That is to reduce the wing's angle of attack. This is usually done by relaxing the back-pressure on the control column; and this is the only action that is guaranteed to "break" the stall.


The clever contributors on here will also know that you can sometimes reduce the angle of attack by reducing the airflow over the elevators ... so a power reduction might fit the bill. A power increase will almost certainly exacerbate the symptoms of the stall; unless it is accompanied by an appropriate reduction in the wing's angle of attack.





But, for your purposes, the answer is "stick forward". "How far forward?" ... well, just enough to reduce the wing's angle of attack to somewhere below its critical angle.




Now, have I missed anything?