Quinn wrote:
I've had a more recent experience of deliberately spinning a Ventus in full negative flap. This exercise was brought about by the thought "what if I'm steaming along in negative flap and slow down as I pass through a patch of rising air and forget to dangle the flap". This spin entry made the entry of the Puchaz look like kids stuff. A touch on the rudder caused the aircraft to abruptly roll inverted and depart as a full blown spin. Any aircraft or ground below would spoil your day. It wound up to a bit over 90 knots on spin recovery. After this experience I went and tried the same trick in the club's PIK 20D. Results were similar, except it took a bit more rudder abuse and the roll in wasn't so abrupt.
I've done something similar in Balak's Mininimbus, but the stall seemed
not much different in -ve flap to +ve flap. I didn't try kicking in any
rudder though.
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Leigh Bunting
Colonel Light Gardens
South Australia
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