Out-Of-Control Flight Manuevers

T-34C OUT-OF-CONTROL FLIGHT

CHAPTER TWO

Turning without interval.

xi.

Missed calls/Using UHF vice ICS.

xii. Lowering right wing vice using right rudder on liftoff from touch-and-go.

Defensive techniques:

Shadow the student on the controls. Do not ride the controls all the time, the

student needs an opportunity to make mistakes and learn to correct them on his

own or waveoff.

ii.

Do not overload the student to the point where they are task saturated on every

pass and lose Situational Awareness (SA) because this may help keep them

from doing something unexpected.

Only by teaching and developing defensive positioning techniques, can we expect our instructors

to be able to prevent any situation from developing beyond their ability to correct it. Defensive

positioning training will improve our reaction time by allowing us to "feel" an improper input

and act correctly, or not allow the improper input to be accomplished at all if that is the suitable

thing to do. It is just as important to recognize an unsafe situation developing and prevent it

from happening, as it is to properly assess an OCF regime and recover from it correctly.

A good example of defensive positioning occurs during an ATS (especially to the left) when the

student's tendency (read, "Common Errors") is to apply left rudder vice the correct input of right

rudder. By placing your right foot over, not specifically on, the right rudder pedal, you can

prevent the SNA inadvertent input with an artificial stop. This prevents the dreaded Approach

Turn spin. Other examples include "guarding" the rudder pedals during HAPL/LAPL work to

prevent a slip from becoming a skid or keeping your hand behind the stick during takeoffs and

landings to prevent overrotation, overflare or pushover after ballooning.

Defensive positioning must be an integral part of the Instructor Training Syllabus to be instilled

effectively in all of our flight instructors prior to "hitting the pits".

210. OUT-OF-CONTROL FLIGHT MANEUVERS

Cross-Control Departure

Description: The Cross-Control Departure is a basic flight departure maneuver

designed to demonstrate how a combination of high AOA, Angle of Bank (AOB),

and excessive yaw rate can lead to an inadvertent loss of control.

General: The maneuver will be entered by the Standardization Instructor and

recovered by the IUT. Once established in straight-and-level flight, the aircraft will

be rolled into a steep AOB. Back stick and top rudder pressure will be applied as

power is retarded toward idle, ensuring entry airspeed is below 120 KIAS. Once a

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