Jim, Did you cut the throttle because you were worried about approaching Vne (144 mph)? I always thought the idea for spin recovery is to get the inside (stalled) wing flying again. If you are not in a fully developed spin, exceeding Vne should not be a problem. I would almost think that you would want as much throttle as possible.
As I remember the discussion with my instructor, I think he said that he could get the Coupe to enter a spin. But he could not get it to stay in the spin. The Ercoupe would immediately fly itself out of a spin condition regardless of what the pilot was doing. I have not heard of anyone on this forum who has been in an Ercoupe that completed even half a rotation of a spin. Are we worried about a spin entry the will develop into a real spin? Has anyone been able to spin an Ercoupe for even one full rotation? Frank Nelson N51DV - 415C TOA --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Just so the record is complete my airplane is a 415C without rudder pedals and with?standard 13 degrees of up elevator. I was carefully maintaining wings level when the left wing dropped and all of a sudden I was looking at the ground. I immediatly cut the throttle and turned the yoke full right which resulted in?prompt recovery but didn't help the stained underwear. > > Jim Graham >
