Stall Turns and head winds

[Gray E Fowler]

Keith....is the wind giving you grief??????



Gray Fowler
Principal Chemical Engineer
Composites Engineering




"Keith Black" <tkeithb at comcast.net>
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OK, I've got another question about head winds.
 
When performing a stall turn I know it's necessary to keep the nose of the 
plane into the wind on the upline so the wind does not push the plane 
backwards, but what's the best way to execute the actual stall turn 
itself? When I tried to do the stall pivot with the nose still pointing 
into the wind it looked terrible and was VERY difficult to get it to pivot 
straight to the side. Obviously with the nose into the wind the rudder 
will not make the plane fall perfectly to the side but will also cause it 
to rotate. Because of this I tried backing off the of the wind correction 
and pulling the nose straight up right before performing the stall 
rotation, but when I did this the plane would drift backwards.
 
I'd like to hear how others handle this situation to score high on stall 
turns in a heavy head wind.
 
BTW, I had a good time flying in the wind today :-)
 
Thanks,
Keith Black

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