Sometimes I think that there are stories or articles in my little noodle.\u00a0 They are just fighting to get out and sometimes they have to hit me over the head in over to make their escape to the pages of the Tailwheeler\u2019s Journal.\u00a0 One of the ways I can recognize these subjects is the fact that they are reflected in the advice I give my students\u2026 over and over.<\/h3>\n
One such subject is that of snatch force and the way it affects acceleration or \u201cG\u2019s.\u00a0 How many times have I advised, \u201cDon\u2019t snatch\u201d?\u00a0 Maybe not as many times as I\u2019ve said, \u201cGet the nose down\u201d, but a lot!<\/h3>\nLana Tollas flies the 140 during formation practice. \u00a0I have never seen her snatch the elevator. \u00a0(Photo by Janet Lansburgh).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Let\u2019s say that you\u2019re in that important turn from base to final.\u00a0 As sometimes happens, an insufficient application of back pressure has caused the nose to lower.\u00a0 With everything else that\u2019s going on at this critical stage of flight, maybe the flier didn\u2019t notice that lessening of pitch right away.\u00a0 But he suddenly realizes it and just as suddenly rectifies it.\u00a0 And that is the problem.\u00a0 His sudden snatch back on the stick or control wheel does bring the nose back up.\u00a0 But do you know what else it does?\u00a0 Because he SNATCHES it back, he has subjected the wing to more \u201cG\u201d force than if he had kept the nose from falling right from the get-go.\u00a0 And what does \u201cG\u201d force do to stall speed?\u00a0 It increases it.\u00a0 If the angle of attack was already high and if he has also skidded his turn, the added G force will cause the wing to stall and the skid will cause the airplane to spin.\u00a0 I can always be wrong, but I think that set of circumstances may have caused many such stall\/spin accidents.\u00a0 Most of them have had tragic results.\u00a0 Think about that:\u00a0 If the guy hadn\u2019t snatched the elevator back, he might have been able to get away with the skid.\u00a0 I used to do a skidding turn at airshows with my inside rudder buried.\u00a0 But I did it intentionally and was always careful not to snatch the elevator.\u00a0 So, what is the lesson here?\u00a0 Well, if you don\u2019t see it, perhaps you should quit flying and take up Parcheesi.\u00a0 The lesson is DON\u2019T SNATCH!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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