Yaw String in a Spin

The first time I went over-the-top into a spin...it
definitely took a minute to figure out the rotation...others
experience may vary.


I was thinking about this topic and came up with this
observation....

1.) Training spin fatalities seem to happen from a
distance above earth that involves several rotations
before impact...for whatever reason, the spin developed
and could not be stopped.

2.) Inadvertant spin fatalities seem to almost always
occur so low (base to final)...that once the spin has
started, proper recovery probably would not save the
pilot.

So IMHO...are we really training for what is occuring?



At 18:00 16 January 2005, Tony Verhulst wrote:

Since several experienced pilots have said that they
have had trouble
determining the direction of the spin, I accept that
it happens - and
that it can happen to me. I do not understand why.
Most glider spins
happen when turning and, in the hunderds of intentional
spins that I've
done (I have only one unintentional spin), the glider
spins in the
direction of the turn. What am I missing? I do like
the yaw string idea.

Tony V.