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general to the group: in spin training, what seems to have been been
the most popular way to screw up? i understand the drill and i'm having trouble picturing how to mess up that badly in the typical training cessana starting at maybe 2500' agl. As someone else mentioned, using aileron instead of rudder. Admittedly, I almost did it on my first ever spin while training....it's instinctive, and it's a *hard* habit to break, especially when you are at such an unusual attitude after the wing drops and the nose suddenly is pointed towards the ground. :-) I caught myself in mid-movement of the yoke, and corrected ailerons back to neutral for the rest of the recovery, but the instinct to correct with aileron before the plane is actually flying again, and not stalled, is overwhelming. On the first one or two spins, there is definately an "oh crap" factor that causes your hands to override what your head is telling you is the "right thing" to do. My instructor suggested that I "Wedge" my elbow somewhere on the door to prevent me from physically using aileron untill I got past the actual spin, and have recovered from it. That worked for me, although after the 3rd spin (I think we did 5 or 6 in the lesson plan) I had it pretty much down, and really didn't need to do that any longer. As for 2500 AGL you quoted, that's wayyyyy low.. Our training area is about 650' asl, and we were climbing through to 4500' before each spin... It was a comfortable height, and even after recovery from 2 or 3 turns in the spin, I never felt uncomfortably low. |
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