Scared of stalls during high winds?
03-06-2007, 12:02 PM
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Scared of stalls during high winds?
I fly in Texas, so we get a lot of strong winds, but I'm kinda scared to do stalls when there's strong winds. I think I'm afraid that I'll go into a spin. I trust my CFI, but it's me. I like doing cross wind landing, take off etc.
03-06-2007, 12:26 PM
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As long as you are high enough, (>5000) and it is not too gusty, there is effectively no difference doing stalls in strong winds or calm winds. If you spin, get out of it. Spin training is some of the best training you will ever experience. Do a search of spins on this web site and read all about it.
03-06-2007, 01:35 PM
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In addition to what CL65 said, try setting up with the nose into the wind. I find that helps students in strong winds.
However, you must be uncoordinated in a stall to spin most aircraft. Keep the ball centered and use proper recovery and you won't spin.
However, you must be uncoordinated in a stall to spin most aircraft. Keep the ball centered and use proper recovery and you won't spin.
03-06-2007, 08:57 PM
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If you are in the air, you are suspended within that mass of air, which in turn has no relevance to your airplane if you are in 10kts or 50kts, except that you might be further displaced if going with the wind on the faster days. Like mentioned above, always fly into the wind to minimize your displacement across the surface, and it helps with the visual cues. I'd still recommend doing a few with the wind to see what those images look like after you've become comfortable in that situation.
04-22-2007, 02:58 PM
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Relative wind
Originally Posted by Longbow64
I fly in Texas, so we get a lot of strong winds, but I'm kinda scared to do stalls when there's strong winds. I think I'm afraid that I'll go into a spin. I trust my CFI, but it's me. I like doing cross wind landing, take off etc.
What does does the wind direction have to do with putting an aircraft into a spin? Take a look at the aerodynamics involved in stalls. What is a stall?
04-22-2007, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by aerodarts
What does does the wind direction have to do with putting an aircraft into a spin? Take a look at the aerodynamics involved in stalls. What is a stall?
And I will have them perform accellerated, cross control, trim and secondary stalls after they are more comfortable with them.
04-22-2007, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by mike734
Spin training is some of the best training you will ever experience.
I agree. All stalls used to make my palms sweat until I got some spin/upset recovery training. I HIGHLY recommend it. Spin training was manditory for all my students and I could see a difference once they had gone through it.
good luck and have fun!
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