Straight drop?

[DmdBT]

I make no claim to being a "pilot" or knowing anything much beyond the most basics of how flight works. That being said, how can a plane drop straight down on its belly to the ground in a stall? My 110 ceased forward movement and dropped like a rock, not spinning at all, just falling. No stick movement would affect anything, as I gather it shouldn't because no air movement over the surfaces. Just a straight drop. I tried cutting engines... I tried WEP... tried just about everything but it continued to fall STRAIGHT DOWN, shouldn't the engines have pulled me forward a bit?  The fall was over 10k feet. Is this a physical possibility or is there a black hole in the FM somewhere that I fell into?

Lonz

[Heinkel]

I fly the 110 a lot, and have never had that happen to me. Every time i have stalled in the 110, i have been able to get out of it rather quicky. Do you have a video? this sounds odd.

[DmdBT]

I do have it filmed, started it at about 11k and ran it to the ground. The setup was I had chased a F4u into the vertical and ran speed to 0 then started a tailslide which flopped me horizontal and got stuck there in the fall. I was expecting the nose to drop as always has happened in the past with this and other fighters.
On reviewing the film I am at a slight left bank and have a very slight left spin which I assume is from the wing down. Speed stays between 100-104 mph, WEP on and engine off.
Guess I should have leaned forward to tip the center of gravity a bit.  

Lonz

[Tac]

he went into a flat spin.

you know, like the one that killed GOOSE in Top Gun? (gawd i hate to use this movie for FM references lolololol)

[SKurj]

i dropped a yakt in an inverted flat spin from at least 10k straight down

did the same in another aircraft... can't remember which it was now...


SKurj