Puchaz Spinning thread that might be of interest in light of the recent accident.

I'll take your word for it... stalling from a tight turn is difficult
unless the elevator is powerful or the cg well back. However, the next
time you do this, keep the stick back, ailerons and rudder neutral. If
it spins you should be able to let it go through 3 or 4 full rotations
without building up speed. Count them, and let me know if that's the
case. I'll want to find one an fly it.

I suspect there are sailplanes out there without adequate vertical
stabilizers, or, conversely, appropriate washout in the wing. But I
hope not many, and it would serve us all to know which ones they are.

"Ian Johnston" wrote in message news:cCUlhtvFIYkV-pn2-FWmHH7udlJdT@localhost...
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:35:43 UTC, (Chris
OCallaghan) wrote:

: the point of my link was to show that you will not spin from
: coordinated flight.

Tight turn. Slow speed. String in the middle. Pull up sharply as if
another glider has just cut into the thermal. Whoops. Well, it works
in a Bocian, anyway.

Ian
--