[NSRCA-discussion] Spins, was Judging Question

[Adam Glatt]

Jon, it's a case of actually-stalled versus not-actually-stalled; I think.
-Adam

jonlowe at aol.com wrote:
> Ok, since you mentioned spins, and I know this is a little off the 
> original topic, why do airplanes recover from spins with aileron input 
> faster than just with rudder and elevator? My Black Magic, Aggressor, 
> and Arresti III all exhibit this behavior.  They recover almost 
> instantly if I leave aileron in, but take about 1/4 turn or a little 
> more to recover if I don't.
>
> Jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: d.pappas at kodeos.com
> To: randy10926 at comtekmail.com; nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> Sent: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 8:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Judging Question
>
> Look at how slowly your plane rotates in a spin with little or no 
> aileron added. That is a proper autorotation at 1 G.
> The answer is that it can be a real snap at pretty close to the same 
> rotation rate.
> later,
> Dean
> Dean Pappas
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