Thats nothing! I was a T-34C instructor in Pensacola and that plane would go to full aft stick, power to idle and full rudder - almost as if it was trying to enter a spin on purpose. Once in said spin it would aggressively recover by pushing full forward stick and anti-spin rudder.

Did I mention that full aft stick would sometimes hit the IPs harness buckle (especially the short rotund types) and unlock it? Did I also mention that said IP would now (due to full fwd stick and no harness) get pressed overhead into the canopy? Well if I didn't mention it lets now consider it.

All is well so far, you are pressed against the canopy directly over the control stick but you are Ok because you are negative Gs. Ahhhhh, but what about the recovery when the plane goes abruptly to positive G's and you are impaled on the stick? Could be trouble. Bummer for the IPs with short arms as they were pressed against the canopy the control stick mere inches out of reach of their short T-rex like arms.

Then again I am not sure that this story counts because the automation was your student Naval Aviator trying to turn you into a human shish kabob.

Totally true story debriefed by the IP (not me) in training. After a prolonged effort that must have seemed liked minutes but was in reality a few seconds he was able to reach the control stick with his fingertips while yelling "I have the controls, I have the controls!"

The look and expressions on his face as he was debriefing this story was priceless.

Scoop