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To: VTenigma
"...Twin engine turboprop stalls are very hard to recover from...."

No, they're not. Lower the nose, problem solved.

44 posted on 08/10/2024 7:59:39 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Paal Gulli

Not on a heavily laden commercial craft with a ton of moment. There is not enough control authority to overcome the centripetal force. Yes chopping the throttles and lowering the nose is the way out in turboprops with a shorter moment arm than that particular ATR.


48 posted on 08/10/2024 8:22:24 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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