I am a current regular pooch driver & have been instructing in & spinning it for about 4 years. Chris's decision to refuse to spin a Puchacz seems to be based on 2 seperate things: 1. the spin accident history of the aircraft - the basis of which has been rather well counter-argued by Mark & others; and his (understandable) emotional response to a near-fatal incident which appears to have been the result of a poor decision by the checking instructor. Who reverses spins anyway? Especially below 3000 feet. The altitude lost during a flick reversal must be significant. What's more, who knows the centrifugal/aerodynamic forces that are contributing to the delayed recovery? Do they even perform this manouvre during certification testing? Maybe that's why I've never seen the exercise in any syllabus, nor have I ever done it .. why would I? And yet I have safely performed hundreds of normal spins (only 1 turn ideally)in the Blanik/IS28/Puchacz without incident. Any attempt to reverse a spin is unecessary & any training value (is there any?) is far outweighed by the increased risk - shades of the descent on tow exercise.
My conclusion: don't blame the aircraft without also considering the actions of the pilot. Richard McLean --- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was the pilot in the front seat, undergoing an > annual > > spin check > > Thank you for that Chris. It would have been an > extremely > uncomfortable experience. I'm just glad that you are > still > with us to give us first hand information. > > This beats hands down all the rantings of the > arm-chair > experts. > > I have only flown a Pooch once. I thought it was a > very > pleasant aircraft to fly in normal mode. The > guy-in-back was > one of those who thought aeros were > unsafe/wrong/un-necessary so I didn't get an > opportunity to > try anything else. > > Leigh Bunting > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
