On Friday, January 15, 2016 at 2:09:14 PM UTC-8, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Friday, January 15, 2016 at 1:58:38 PM UTC-8, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
Curiously enough the ASH-26E is not certified for spins.

And the reason for that would be, what in Aviation is known as common sense. You want engine oil spilling over a possibly warm/hot exhaust? An engine bay fire?

The ASH-26E handles beautifully, I expect it to recover from a spin very well. Certainly all pushing I have done both with and without an engine installed, it was just great.

I suspect that Schleicher just doesn't want you to do spins, not that it can't. In addition to oil, I wonder if there's a concern that wing mounted water or fuel tanks could expand with the centrifugal force and damage the wing skins?

-tom