I don't claim any great expertise on the Puchacz but
my limited experience of spinning it (BGA Instructor's
course) is that it is predictable and 'standard' in
its recovery. I have been told (though not tried it
myself) that if aggressively entered into the spin
- i.e. from a high-nose stall - it will tuck its nose
very low as it spins, even going past the vertical.
That could be disconcerting and make recovery harder
but the standard actions always work.
I knew John well, by the way, and know that he would
have been current as he instructed regularly midweek
at Dunstable as well as his home club. I don't know
how current he was on the Puch.
Rob
At 15:54 23 January 2004, Stewart Kissel wrote:
Well it is mid-winter, when Puch-spinning competes
with the PW-5 flaming, 2-33 viability, and what-sorta-hat-to-wear

as a topic.
(NOT INTENDED TO MAKE LIGHT OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS
TOPIC)

After a review of old threads on this topic, I was
interested in not finding a pilot's report on difficulty
in the spin-recovery characteristics of this ship.
Anyone out there in ras-world care to comment on a
first-person experience?




At 15:42 23 January 2004, Owain Walters wrote:
Everyone is always an expert arent they?

Why do internet lurkers always have an opinion on things
they dont know the first fact about?