@@stvrob6320 Or in ground effect, which he wasn't. And never in gusty winds which you can hear in the video. Doesn't look like there was much, if any, damage.
A wing dips while the wing is in a stall or near-stall. The plane goes into a spin in that direction. It's the texbook description of how a plane goes into a spin. Thanks for the illustration, in slow-motion, no less.
Look at the aileron, down on the stalling wing and up on the flying wing. Was he aware of approaching the stall and prepared to act immediately? The rudder input was absent, speaks volumes.
When in initial flight training my instructor made me set up a near stall on approach and then made me put my hands in my lap, allowing the use of the rudder only to keep the wings level. The instruction was extremely valuable and it stuck with me though I never needed it, that training was always the first response to a stalled wing rather than aileron which increases drag on the wing you don't want down. Preach this to the rafters!
TF u mean ''pilot'? This was an STOL competition and a spin - also, technically, no it didn't - it spun, this was likely unprompted and there's no sign of the pilot attempting left wing down - yes, all pilots should know how to recover/avoid a stall/spin this close to the ground but it is a mistake many experienced pilots have made and he is lucky to be alive. He definitely should not have his license put into question by strangers on the internet. Absolutely no need for the speech marks.
@@orangegherkin3420 I gotta wonder if a gust didn't catch his starbord wing and started the plane slipping left. At that altitude, things happen very quickly. I applaud the pilot for being able to keep the rubber side down, when all was said and done.
@@orangegherkin3420if you look closely he induced a stall spin attitude, there was no indication of yaw and rudder input, not saying he’s a horrible pilot, but in this case poor input in particular conditions, look closely at the video, closely he corrects but un successful with right roll when right rudder would have saved him
@@jeependousAlso funny seeing all the comments sayinf that he's wrecked the plane. I highly doubt a STOL plane is all that bothered by what's basically a bump at 5MPH.
And why did s/he say that? Makes no sense. I've seen this sentence on many interwebs, seems ludicrous, why do people say it? Is it a joke? LIke a make-you-laugh ha ha ha the irony? Or is it a pop culture reference? Need to know!!!!!!! Or is it not for normies? I'm a normie. Or maybe not. I correct grammar mistakes on the internet while also making them myself, what a life! What if a tire pops from side loading and the plane veers off into the grass, but everyone walks away from it? Good landing right? Nah. Gotta be an inside joke.
That's true, doesn't help when you apply aileron to lift the dropping wing leading to a tip stall. Recovery for that at such a slow speed is lots of rudder. Seen the same happen here in New Zealand, spot landing competition.
@@11235but Your experiences with this situation? The KitFox operating instruction for such situations is to apply opposite rudder which would have authority from the propeller slipstream and leave the ailerons neutral so as not to precipitate a tip stall.
What? No. Any plane can stall provided it has the elevator authority or wing loading to do so. Cub type aircraft have elevator authority in droves.. the extremely long arm of the tail is what makes it so slow and allows you to get and keep the tail flying.
@@calvinnickel9995 Yes but realistically - nobody would/should ever fly this slow this close to the ground/round out this high unless they were doing this to achieve the shortest possible landing distance
I would say that's all he used. You would think people that do this much slow flight would have the fundamentals down. Only use rudder, especially with the amount of torque from that throttle up.
The odd thing is it maybe be saved by slight push and neutral aileron, but right hand makes it worse as inducing yaw and thereby slowing the left wing. The way is help unstall wings. Jean-François
Down aileron sent detached turbulent air forward on the left wing while any fluttering trailing edge flow on the other wing cleaned up with the angle of attack reduction from up aileron.
Consider also, that it changes the chord of the wing. It takes an airfoil right on the edge and drops it past the critical point while at the same time reducing the angle on the right wing, improving its performance.
Nobody said you need to be smart to be a pilot, but it sure as hell helps. If he is going to practice edge of death slow flight, it helps to be a lot lower so that the gear just drop onto the runway
Pilot seemed to remember the first part of stall recovery (he put on some power, should have put on more), but completely forgot the "stick forward" part - if anything deepened the stall with slight pull back.
@@langdons2848 Well yeah, it seems like on every aviation post you get the “Old, bold pilots” thing or “Swiss cheese model” or “Better to be on the ground…”, so I just kind of combined them.
Kept his wits about him, killed the engine right quick--between wingtip strike and wheel bounce!--in case of prop strike... but as noted elsewhere, used aileron when rudder was called for. STOL aircraft typically have good rudder authority right down to sub-stall speeds, but all high-wings lose some airflow past the vertical stab when flaps are down. Only do this with YOUR plane, never a rental, lol.
It's literally in the video title.... Every man, woman and child that watched this video knew it was coming, that's why we clicked, so we could watch it happen.
That’s heart breaking. Lots of time, money and effort put into these aircraft. Many are kits that people build in the garages. Many are built for work.
I get tired of the couch critics watching RU-vid. At least this pilot is pushing his limits. He’s actually trying and living life too. Bring the hate! Your opinions don’t matter to me.
That's sometimes the cost of extracting every ounce of performance out of your wings. Congratulations on surviving and not causing to much damage to the airplane. Shake it off and try again.
