desertdog71
Girthy Member
BobDDuck said:DDog, (heh... we could start a whole zoo with ducks and dogs and stuff... anyhow...) it sounds like you had one of those "interesting" experiences with a twin stalling and starting to hardover. It's all kinds of fun and what not, and it is all very good and well that you don't have to do it for your ride. However, seeing as you are going through the pipeline on the way to getting your CFI and instructing, make sure you are actually comfortable with a twin going into a full stall. I know it is beaten into every multi students head that a twin that gets into a spin won't come out, and the way to spin is stall uncoordinated or maybe loose an engine while practicing stalls. However, full break stalls can be done safely in a twin. I know the POH says don't, and hence you shouldn't be doing them. As I said though, at some point before you get the ink on your MEI make sure you are ok with them because you can bet sooner then later a student will put it in a stall. That or just wait for a student to freeze up while doing a VMC demo and pull back and add power when they get the horn instead of cutting power and dropping the nose. Ah yeah, the good old days.
(not preaching at you.... just bringing up a point from personal experience)
Yes I have stalled it for that exact reasons you have stated, my CFI is pretty thorough about preparing me for emergencies and also my future as a CFI. My point to this debate was to determine what the consensus was as far as POH or PTS being the rule.