On: The unstallable plane that stalled

[ramesh31]

Kind of my point though. The pilot was disengaged from the controls, and relying on trim settings for takeoff. Regardless of the different roll characteristics, if he had been actively controlling the yoke at the time rather than needing a split second to react and correct, the accident probably would not have occurred.

[travisjungroth → ramesh31]

I really doubt that. He was still “actively controlling” the yoke. This is a back country 185, it’s not like he had the autopilot engaged.

In my experience as a flight instructor, pilots having the airplane trimmed out properly generally only improved control.