On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 12:14:49 -0400, Mark Morissette
wrote:

Personally, when I *know* I'm going to be intentionally entering a
spin, I'd prefer to have a few thousand feet between me and the
ground. For that matter, it's written into the CAR's that recovery is
made at least 2000'AGL...Or perhaps 2500AGL, I forget exactly..I
should look it up... It's been a while since I completed the spin
training, and it's one of those numbers thats slipped my mind since.

The rule of thumb in the Great Lakes was 250 feet per complete
revolution. And I now see, looking back at the article I wrote at the
time, that we stalled the aircraft at 4500 AGL.

When we recovered from the first spin (130 mph in the dive), the Great
Lakes was pulling 3.2 gs. Matt assured me that the Piper Cub was good
for 3.2 gs. I will take his word for it! 3.2 is a lot.




-- all the best, Dan Ford

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