Originally Posted by
Bill Greenwood
BUT, KNOWING A QUICK SIMPLE STALL RECOVERY PROCEDURE IS VITAL.
1. Power all the way off. (note in some planes like Pitts or P-51 even a little throttle open may prevent recovery. You have to get power off to get the nose down to get airflow over the controls.
2. Release the stick or yoke, just let go of it. ( note you need to have neutral ailerons and neutral or down elevator for recovery from an upright spin). If you just quit pulling on the control that got you into the stall/spin in the first place, the elevator will release the back pressure.
3 Push and hold full opposite rudder to the direction of the spin. Hold until the spin stops, then release the rudder.
The plane should come out of the spin nose down and accelerating and you can smoothly regain control and level flight, if you have altitude to spare. That is one reason not to do vertical acro like loops down low.