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Originally posted by V-Tail:
The forward pressure is definitely counter-intuitive. When the pilot notices that the nose is down, airspeed is building, and altitude is being lost, the instinctive reaction is to pull back on the yoke, exactly the wrong thing to do, since as you pointed out, the elevator trim is already providing nose-up force. Too much, in fact, so we need to control this by adding some nose-down force. Not so necessary if the exercise is initiated at slow speed, but in real life, if this type of spiral is entered inadvertently, usually in reduced visibility, it will start at cruising speed, so reducing the G-force, that is, reducing the rate of pitch-up, is crucial.