Cirrus vs. 182

Thomas Borchert wrote
If you
are prone to spinning airplanes during the turn from base to final in the
pattern, please don't buy a Cirrus.


Pleas don't buy ANY airplane, in that case. None are any more recoverable
than the other.

Not true. I know a person who recovered from a low altitude (about
300 ft) unintentional spin on final, and there are others. None of
them did it in a 170+ kt IFR cruiser, though.

Michael

Michael,

Not true. I know a person who recovered from a low altitude (about
300 ft) unintentional spin on final, and there are others. None of
them did it in a 170+ kt IFR cruiser, though.


Well, time to read the fine print: The Cirrus takes 800 feet or so to
recover _from a fully developed spin_. I doubt any other aircraft will
take less altitude. It's very unlikely that 300 feet recovery was from
a fully developed spin.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Michael wrote:

I know a person who recovered from a low altitude (about
300 ft) unintentional spin on final....

I suspect you know someone who _claims_ to have done so.


Jack