"Meanwhile, the student is thinking, "This guy's an idiot! The engine was running the whole time". "

It would help if the student had a little common sense

I think it is good for any student to learn the fundamentals of flight and why the airplane does what it does. If he/she reads about the fundamentals of flight they will know what a stall is. People should specify that the !QUOT!plane stalled!QUOT! or the !QUOT!engine stalled!QUOT!. For that matter when a servo is not powerful enough to move the control surface in a High G maneuver then we call that a !QUOT!servo stall!QUOT!. Hence the term !QUOT!Stall Torque!QUOT!. Of course most beginners and non aerobatic people don't worry with this one much.