Stall/Spin Quiz

GLIDING FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA

 Stall/spin accidents are most common in
which of the following situations?

1. Takeoff and landing Answer:-

2. During high-speed • Takeoff and landing
cruise
3. Thermalling
Following launch failure in a climb, the pilot's
first action should be to:
1. Hold climb attitude. Answer:-
2. Locate an emergency • Lower the nose to best
landing field. glide attitude
3. Lower the nose to
best glide attitude.
 A glider wing never stalls when:

1. The angle of attack is Answer:-

less than the stall • The angle of attack is
angle of attack. less than the stall
2. The indicated angle of attack.
airspeed is above the
stall speed.
3. The pitch attitude is
nose-down.
 The indicated airspeed at which a glider will
stall:
1. Increases with increased Answer:-
altitude. • Does not change with
2. Decreases with increased altitude.
altitude.
3. Depends on temperature
and humidity as well as
altitude.
4. Does not change with
altitude.
 Which of the following statements is false?

1. A glider can stall at Answer:-

airspeeds above the • A glider can stall at any
unaccelerated stall speed. angle of attack.
2. A glider can stall at any
angle of attack.
3. A glider can be in an
unstalled condition at
airspeeds below the stall
speed.
4. Stall speed increases with
increasing load factor.
 Incipient spin recovery is made by:

1. Applying forward stick Answer:-

followed by aileron • Applying forward stick
against the spin.
2. Applying forward stick.
3. Applying full forward
stick followed by co-
ordinated rollout.
4. Applying rudder against
the rotation followed by
forward stick.
 Which of the following characteristics of a
spin is not characteristic of a spiral dive?

1. Rapid loss of altitude Answer:-

2. High rate of rotation • Stalled wing
3. Stalled wing
4. Steep nose-down
pitch attitude
 Intentional spin entry is made with:

1. Full nose-up elevator Answer:-

deflection and full • Rudder and aileron
rudder in the cross-controlled.
direction of the spin.
2. A steep diving spiral.
3. Rudder and aileron
cross-controlled.
 Spin recovery is made by:

1. Applying forward stick. Answer:-

2. Applying full forward • Applying rudder against
stick followed by co- the rotation followed by
ordinated rollout. forward stick.
3. Applying forward stick
followed by aileron
against the spin.
4. Applying rudder against
the rotation followed by
forward stick.
 An aft centre of gravity location usually:

1. Makes it easier to enter Answer:-

and more difficult to • Makes it easier to enter
recover from stalls and and more difficult to
spins. recover from stalls and
2. Makes it more difficult to spins.
enter and easier to
recover from stalls and
spins.
3. Can be moved forward
during a spin to assure
recovery.
4. Has little effect on stalls
and spins.
 A glider is in a glide at best gliding speed. If the pilot
increases pitch attitude resulting in a nose-up glide at a
reduced indicated airspeed (say to minimum sink speed), the
gliding distance:
1. Increases. Answer:-
2. Decreases. • Decreases.
3. Remains the same.
4. May increase or
decrease depending
on the glider.
Ailerons tend to have reduced effectiveness in
reducing the risk of a spin at high angle of
attack and low airspeed:
1. Due to high dynamic Answer:-
pressure. • Because they cause yaw
2. Because deflecting an in the direction of a turn.
aileron may cause it to
stall.
3. Because they are
balanced.
4. Because they cause yaw
in the direction of a turn.
 Ailerons:

1. Are effective for spin Answer:-

recovery. • Act in the normal sense
2. Act in the normal sense at the high angles of
at the high angles of attack in a spin.
attack in a spin.
3. Should not be neutralised
in a spin.
4. Have an effect that is
dependent on glider
centre of gravity position.
 From which of these attitudes is the glider
pilot LEAST likely to enter a spin
inadvertantly?

Horizon

A B C
Normal Nose High Nose Low
attitude
 The answer is B. 90% of pilots get this
wrong!

Horizon

A B C
Normal Nose High Nose Low
attitude
A presentation
by
Christopher Thorpe
Chief Flying Instructor
Beaufort Gliding Club