On Jul 3, 7:36*pm, soarski wrote:
It will be important for Soaring pilots to know whether the recent
crashes were from a spinning or a spiraling ship..That most likely can
be determined by the type of impact.
Simply, every pilot should recognize and recover from an incipient
spin. If he or she is not sure, one should be shown in
a Blanik or similar spin happy ships.

A glider in flight should really never come close to a spiral, since
it is approaching red line fast. I feel the reason gliders get into
spirals is not only the lack of spin recognition of the pilot, but
poor flying technique. Yaw string, airspeeds, coordination.

Of course all those problems can happen to a pilot becomming sick,
passing out or similar. I have programmed myself *to immidiately pull
the trim all the way back and let go of the controls. *Not sure if
that would help, depends on the ship?

soarski

The programing myself, I meant If I had the time or the chance, to do
so before
getting incapasitated.