IMO power-on stalls are some of the most unrealistic training maneuvers ever. You, the instructor and the plane with a half-bag of gas. You wind up at a crazy pitch attitude with that '***?' Look on both your faces waiting for something to happen. <div>Better to get near gross weight with some more gas and, if using a 4-seater, an extra bod in back to get the CG off the forward limit. Then go to altitude and start with steep turns to get the feel of it. You'll run out of performance much quicker and find out what really happens. You'll be surprised at the results. </div><div>Don't do full spins in an unapproved aircraft. Some are approved when operated in the Utility category, usually this means at reduced weight. </div><div>If using an unapproved plane, well, there's a lot of good reasons it's unapproved. You don't know if someone in its past did one of those 8+spin maneuvers and overstressed something.  </div><div>
</div><div>I picked up a C-310 on a night repo years ago, flew it<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">1.5 hours</span> to the owners location. Parked it about 2am, went home. The owner, an aircraft dealer, called hollering about 'What did you do to it?' </div><div>I had preflighted it with a good flashlight, all seemed ok. The plane was gloss black with gold trim, ugh. What I couldn't see because of the black paint at night were some ripples in the fuselage skin behind the wing. The airplane had probably been oversped, possibly in a graveyard spiral, and during the recovery sustained the damage. </div><div>The airplane was parted out, the dealer had to sue the deadbeat to cover the loss. </div><div>So be careful, as your Mom may have said, 'You don't know where that thing's been'.  [8D]</div>