
January 25th 08, 04:42 PM
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Q: C-152 spin characteristics
"gatt" wrote in
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Cool! There's even chase-plane video of Cessnas doing spins. Some of
those guys are starting at 5,000 feet indicated or lower, which seems
insane. I'd think you'd want to start at 8,000 or 9,000 just for
safety in case things don't go as planned. (cockpit object falls
under the rudder pedal or something)
Here is my primary instructor and her buddy doing a 52.5 turn spin in
a A152. They count off the altitude and the spins. You can see the
altimeter unwinding, and it's about 195 feet per turn, as Kershner
says in his Aerobatics book. You can almost make out the airspeed in
some frames which looks like it might be 40 or 50:
Wow! It looks like they're losing ~ 1000 feet every ten seconds
through most of the spin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsX2yGJ2Tn4
Oh yech. I got nauseous looking at that.
Bertie
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