Catastrophic Skip to Descent

Another Skip To Descent for me turned out Catastrophic.

  • At STD - plane immediately flipped over and went full stall.
  • attempts to recover failed , as plane would keep flipping
  • descent rate reached -30000fpm by the time I had fallen to FL100 ( less than 5 seconds to impact )
  • at 9000ft I restarted the mission - which at this point nose was in full down vertical - but unable to de-stall wings.

The stall bad enough that at this alt, AOA reds 21, IS refused to climb, and at -30000FPM, recovery at this point became impossible.

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