"Hilton" wrote in message link.net...
C J Campbell wrote:
There is not enough rudder
authority to recover. The Cirrus has never demonstrated a spin recovery,
though it has been tried.

I don't believe either of these statements are correct - if you have
references agreeing with you, I'd be happy to be proven wrong.

In fact, the SR22 POH says: "If time and altitude permit, the following
procedures may be used to determine whether the aircraft is in a recoverable
spiral/incipient spin or is unrecoverable and, therefore, has departed
controlled flight." It then goes on to give the spin recovery checklist:

1. Power Lever .................IDLE
2. Control Yoke ............... Neutral
3. Rudder ......................... Briskly Apply Opposite Yaw/Spin
Direction

Hilton

Please provide us with the location of the above quote from the SR22
POH. The POH is on-line he
http://www.cirrusdesign.com/servicec...ml/pohmain.asp
I found this: "Do not waste time and altitude trying to recover from
a spiral/spin before activating CAPS." (Section 3, Page 3-20)

Gerd
ATP