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Old July 4th 09, 08:49 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bruce Hoult
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Default Spins, Spiral Dives and Training

On Jul 4, 7:06*pm, Surfer! wrote:
I suspect you are being very optimistic that you could do anything to
avert disaster. *You might pass out, or you might be in so much pain
that you are totally incapacitated. *I can't see what the point of
trimming all the way back is, either.


If you trim well back and add as much drag as possible using
airbrakes, wheel down etc and get off the controls then you will
probably get a fairly stable and low speed "benign spiral" which may
even be survivable on contact with the ground depending on what you
hit.

Try it in your own ship at altitude and find out.