"Bob Moore" wrote in message
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Thomas Borchert wrote

I contacted one of their reps about spin recoveries and was
told that they were never tested but could 'possibly' recover
normally from a spin


Well, then either you were told wrong or misunderstood. The accepted
and certificated method of spin recovery is pulling the chute.

Does having an accepted and certificated method prevent it from POSSIBLY
recovering using a normal spin recovery method? The rep simply stated
that they didn't know since it had never been tested using the normal
spin recovery technique.

Bob Moore

I have a hard time believing that they didn't do spin testing. Perhaps they
just don't want to talk about it. On the other hand, maybe they didn't
spin test, but it seems like one of those things that every manufacturer
would do on each of its models. The result might be "Spins and recovers
nicely" or "Don't spin it.", but if I was laying out a few hundred thousand
dollars, I'd like to have a better answer than "If it happens, you can pull
the red handle, or you can be a test pilot."