Any Spins Lately??

On Sep 3, 5:33 pm, "Viperdoc" wrote:
Yes, I do spins and other stuff all the time- there is nothing like going
out and flying acro on a nice summer day. Never, ever gets boring. I also
think it really helps get the feel of a plane. With any practice, there
really should never be anything like an inadvertent spin- the plane should
be telling you when you aren't doing something right prior to the stall. And
once it does stall,keeping the wings level with your feet should help
prevent spin entry.

It takes more than keeping the wings level, and even in coordinated
flight spins are possible. Spins can occur, for example, in a
coordinated climbing turn stall (outside wing goes first), from a
level skidding turn (inside wing goes first), from a level steep turn
(inside first), and from an abrupt pullup (depends which way whatever
yaw there might be).
That last one is known to kill the showoff: the guy who buzzes
the runway or a friend's house, then pulls up sharply to get the G
forces and the steep climb. The G forces mean an increased load
factor, and the stall speed goes way up. If there's any
miscoordination at all and the raised stall speed meets the actual
airspeed, a wing will drop viciously and the flight ends right there.
Bam. I'm appalled at the number of pilots who don't seem to be aware
of the aerodynamics here. Ignorance is no excuse. Physics pays no
attention to excuses.

Dan