willstarnes
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Looking for some advice. We have two PA-28 140s. Recently, one my son uses for building commercial time stalled during a power-off stall maneuver and went into a spin, the left wing stalling first and dipping significantly which created the spin. He was shocked by this and recovered well. He assumed perhaps the wind or his rudder control contributed to this, so tried again and the same thing happened. We had the plane examined by our A&P and he inspected the mechanical connections and found no problems.
This has not happened before and my son has performed over 50 power on, off and accelerated stalls.
Our A&P said the rigging itself may be off and suggested we try another power off stall - and he is willing to go along - with the left aileron down and see if that counters the effect. If so, we will re-rig the plane.
It just seems very strange this has come up so quickly and my son does not recall any significant in terms of turbulence, hard landings etc.
Any advice from the years of knowledge here on what string to pull to find a solution? Thanks in advance for input.
This has not happened before and my son has performed over 50 power on, off and accelerated stalls.
Our A&P said the rigging itself may be off and suggested we try another power off stall - and he is willing to go along - with the left aileron down and see if that counters the effect. If so, we will re-rig the plane.
It just seems very strange this has come up so quickly and my son does not recall any significant in terms of turbulence, hard landings etc.
Any advice from the years of knowledge here on what string to pull to find a solution? Thanks in advance for input.
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