Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:
"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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The typicl spin accident, if there is such a thing, is the famous
overcooked turn onto final.

I watched two guys die after doing that on a tight, low, turn to a short
final...

Geoff


What gets them isn't really the turn per se, but the way that turn is
flown. The combination of the increased stall speed due to the turn
coupled with some excess inside rudder causing a skid as the stall
breaks is a perfect pro-spin setup. The two ingredients for spin are
present; stall and a yaw rate coupled simultaneously .
You can get away with a tight low turn if it's coordinated and you feed
in enough power to offset the drag rise; or even better yet an unloaded
tight descending turn if some altitude and some radius need to be
scrubbed off,(I don't recommend doing these BTW :-) but it's that lack
of attention to the extra needed thrust as the drag rises in the turn
and cheating a bit with inside rudder to "force that nose around that
will get you killed.


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Dudley Henriques