Spin recovery vs tail design
On May 11, 4:30*pm, Andreas Maurer wrote:
On Mon, 11 May 2009 09:53:56 -0700 (PDT), bildan
wrote:
This led to the NACA standard spin recovery technique which called for
anti-spin rudder while holding full up elevator until the auto-
rotation slowed and only then applying down elevator. *The reasoning
was that full up elevator exposed more of the rudder to high energy
flow.
Trying this method in nearly any glider is a very safe way to get
killed.
I am pretty sure that most glasss gliders of the least 40 years will
not recover from a spin if the elevator is held fully up during the
recovery attempt - they simply are not going to stop rotation quickly
enough.
Bye
Andreas
Read more carefully. I didn't write anything about trying a recovery
with full up elevator. I wrote "until the auto-rotation slowed and
only then applying down elevator"
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