Originally posted by scottydawg
Dang, I'll have to check that out. I don't mind flat spins, makes you harder to hit.
Stall recovery is a very important skill and can be easily practiced

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Things that help you regain control:
- Nose down!
- rudder opposite spin
- Chop throttle (sometimes "playing" with throttle carefully might be required)
- retract flaps if they are down (while they add lift at slow speed, they keep you from regaining steady airstream on your wing)
- as little aileron input as possible - none is best (same prob as flaps)
Things that might help, but only use if you cant recover otherwise:
- turn off engine (i cant tell you why, but it sometimes helps)
- drop gear for a second or two (the drag seems to stabilize the plane)