Puchacz fatal accident 18 Jan. 2004 at Husbands Bosworth.

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style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 13px;" lang="x-western"Andreas
Maurer wrote:
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"You are correct, Ian - but here in Germany still a lot of Ka-7 and
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ASK-13 are in use which do spin well and are commonly used for spin
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training (not to mention other two-seaters that spin like the DG-500).
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Yet I have not heard of a spin accident in one of them so far,
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although their number far exceeds the number of Puchacz."
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I trained on both an ASK13 and a Puchacz, and there is a real
difference between their spin characteristics. Our K13 would spin
(since re-covering it is very reluctant), recovered very quickly and
lost far less height.
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The Puchacz spin entry, recovery and height loss is much more like the
single-seaters I've spun (Astir and Open Cirrus).
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From what I recall of previous discussion on r.a.s., the majority of
Puchacz spin accidents were soon after its introduction and seemed
largely to be a result of unexpected height loss compared to previous
trainers - can someone who knows more about this confirm or contradict?
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Chris Reed
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