On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 6:03:19 PM UTC-7, son_of_flubber wrote:
AOPA sends me Flight Training magazine every month and they discuss 'power off stall recovery' on page 42 of the current issue. As a power-off-at-all-times pilot, I don't get it.



I assume that the purpose of practicing power-off stalls is to practice for the scenario that the engine quits unexpectedly, the pilot tries to stretch the glide and pulls back the stick too far, and then the plane stalls. It's time to recover from the stall.



So the article says:

"8.Reduce back pressure...

9.Almost simultaneously add full power. This is when rudder pressure is important. All that power will increase left-turning tendencies, so be ready with some right rudder pressure."



But I thought that the engine had died? Is this just training to pass the PTS? What if the right wing had dropped in the stall?

The more correct term is "Approach to landing stall" it does not pre-suppose that the engine has failed. There have been several DPEs in the area that follow the PTS, but all admit that the true power off, approach to land should be just as you imagine: trying to stretch the glide from a failed engine. THat does seem to be the real problem to solve.

There is another task for the commercial pilot rating that requires a precision 180-degree power off landing. Many power pilots have a real challenge making it happen and need many attempts to learn how to do it. Glider pilots do it every landing!!

Mike