"Gldcomp" wrote in message
om...

That is why, it is repeated so many times, by so many people, so many
books,
that you can't spin from a steep turn, only from a shallow turn.

This is an overstatement. While it is certainly more difficult to spin from
a steep turn, spins are possible from any attitude depending mostly on the
CG position and the general susceptibility of the glider in question to
spins.

I have flown several gliders which would spin from an accelerated stall in a
near 90 digree bank. Whether these gliders spin "over the top" or out the
bottom" depends on the rudder input at the moment of the stall. It's an "E"
ticket ride to be sure.

Bill Daniels