As I recall it, the spin entry of the Macchi was a little unusual, but recovery was exactly the same as occurs in gliders such as the Blanik. Obviously much greater height loss per turn. Initiating recovery at 10,000 ft left a safe margin above the ground.
Roger Browne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 6:22 PM Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] RE: Spinning - why indeed > > We aren't in the Air Force(thank God). Air forces(and the military in > general) take much higher chances of killing their people in training than > is acceptable for civilians. This is rational as the prime purpose is to > accomplish the mission and if it takes material and people to do that - > that is how it is. > > However as I remember it the RAAF didn't encourage spinning the Macchi back > in the early 70's. I got to do extensive aerobatics in it but nobody talked > about spinning it. Intentional solo spinning for the students wasn't > allowed was it?(I was the base met man for 3 years and met men were > encouraged to fly) > > ----------------- > > To answer Mike's question on spinning Macchi's: From my conversations with > the ARDU test pilots in the very early 90's. The Macchi span like a top and > had an exceptionally high descent rate in the spin. Once wound up it took > some time to unwind too. Under some circumstances it tended to go flat > (Sounds like a Pooch doesn't it!) and took even longer to recover. > > At the time of my flight in a Macchi the doctrine was to start very high and > recover by 10,000 ft. If you passed thru 10,000' and still spinning you > were supposed to eject. The 'legend' was that if you hadn't recovered as > you went thru 10k, you weren't going to recover before the ground got in the > way. > > Anthony > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
