Originally Posted by
Cubdriver
I am gonna call myth-busters on this idea of a nose drop for these older Cessnas with the 40 flaps. I have never seen any proof of it. Tail blanking does occur, where turbulent or dead air causes light buffeting as the turbulent air from the flaps bumps around on the tail a little bit. But this is not the same as tail stall. It might be possible with some combination of conditions like forward CG, gross weight, crosswinds, and aggressive maneuvering, but I have never heard of any accidents from that cause.
Agreed. In fact, I seem to recall slipping with F40 was never a limitation, just a "not recommended" maneuver. The reason being that it would create buffeting. I did them many times with students, and never experienced a tail stall or anything abrupt like that. If that were even a possibility, it would be a very well known limitation.