"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
news:zZTmg.49464$ZW3.45524@dukeread04...
Maybe, I'm going to take a poll and see what I should do.

As far as my students go, they've been doing well for
decades. Many are or have been USAF, USN and some even hold
degrees as aeronautical engineers.

Yes, I'd expect most of your students to survive the confusion--either
because they know better than to accept your model (try asking the AEs about
it), or because they don't happen to consider the ramifications I mentioned.

Still, there's no reason to impose the small but real danger that comes from
teaching a false, confusing model of stalls when a correct model is readily
available instead.

--Gary

James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
...
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| news:BQBmg.49424$ZW3.24753@dukeread04...
| Sorry, I've been attempting to emulate the mental
processes
| of a Democrat.
|
| Putting aside the vacuous gibe, does that mean you now
agree that your
| account of stalls was incorrect? I'm genuinely concerned
for the sake of
| your students. If they were to believe you that an
ordinary stall involves
| stalling the tail, then they'd have reason to think that a
tail stall isn't
| a big deal. That would lead them to be less frightened
than they should be
| of circumstances that really can cause a tail stall (such
as tail icing or a
| too-forward CG).
|
| --Gary
|
|