Flight Instructor for Airplane Category › X. Slow flight, Stalls, and Spins › Task F. Cross-Controlled Stall Demonstration (ASEL, ASES)

AI.X.F.S5

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Roll into a medium-banked turn, apply excess rudder in the turn while holding bank constant with opposite aileron input, and add elevator pressure to keep the nose from lowering.

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Airplane Flying Handbook p. 5-20
Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Stalls › Cross-Control Stall
turn and hold the bank constant by applying opposite aileron pressure. At the same time, the pilot increases back elevator pressure to keep the nose from lowering. All of these control pressures should be increased until the airplane ... When the stall occurs, the pilot applies nose-down elevator pressure to reduce the AOA until the stall warning has been eliminated, removes the excessive rudder input and levels the wings, and adds power as needed to return to complete…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 3-10
Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Trim Control
then hold the wings level with aileron flight control pressure while rudder control pressure is trimmed out. Finally, aileron trim should be adjusted to relieve any aileron flight control pressure. A properly trimmed airplane is an indication of good piloting ... skills. Any control forces that the pilot feels should be a result of deliberate flight control pressure inputs during a planned change in airplane attitude, not a result of forces being applied by the airplane. A common trim control error…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. 6-4
Chapter 6: Flight Controls › Flight Control Systems › Adverse Yaw
Like all control surfaces at lower airspeeds, the vertical stabilizer/rudder becomes less effective and magnifies the control problems associated with adverse yaw. All turns are coordinated by use of ailerons, rudder, and elevator. Applying aileron pressure is necessary to place ... aircraft in the desired angle of bank, while simultaneous application of rudder pressure is necessary to counteract the resultant adverse yaw. Additionally, because more lift is required during a turn than during straight-and-level flight, the angle…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 3-11
Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Level Turns
throttle provides thrust, which may be used for airspeed control and to vary the radius of the turn. ⦁ The pilot uses the rudder to offset any adverse yaw developed by wing’s differential lift and the engine/propeller. The rudder does ... turn the airplane. The rudder is used to maintain coordinated flight. For purposes of this discussion, turns are divided into three classes: shallow, medium, and steep. ⦁ Shallow turns—bank angle is approximately 20° or less. This shallow bank…