Derek,
You missed my point.
The Puch did not spin because it is a bad aircraft, it spun
because I was flying it too slowly for the angle of bank I had on.
All aircraft will do that. Remember the purpose of this flight was to fly
close to the edge of the flight envelope, however not that close that low.
The aircraft recovered as one would expect, there were no problems with the
recovery. The point of sharing this with you was to provide an example why
spin training, among all the other emergency or outside normal flight
envelope drills we are training in are important.
The Puch is a delightful aircraft to fly.
SDF
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Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] More on spinning - US training rules andPuchacz
spinning
Same thing happened to me. No warning at all. That's why I don't like the
things, and certainly wouldn't spin one.
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Sent: Friday, 24 September 2004 08:30 AM
To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'
Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] More on spinning - US training rules
andPuchacz spinning
I support spin training, and I will share this personal experience to
support my position.
Several years ago I was having a workout with a Level 3 instructor exploring
the flight envelope of the Puch. While doing a steep turn at about 56kts
the old girl just snapped into a full spin, no warning. We were at about
1000 ft agl, over the airfield.
After catching up with the "surprise factor" we recovered at about 500 ft
agl and flew a normal circuit. Members on the ground thought it was just
part of the training sequence.
Spinning is not part of the normal flight sequence unless you're doing
aerobatics, and in my opinion excess height is better being burnt off,
turning it into speed or distance. However like all emergency flight
sequences we train for we need to be current in them. Airline companies keep
their crews up to speed in emergency drills; and if it is good enough for
them, it makes sense that we should follow their example.
SDF
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