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Old 04-02-2012 | 04:32 AM
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Default RE: staling wingtips


ORIGINAL: hithere34

The plane roled over and started spyraling toward the ground. I applied full up elavator but did not provail after 4-5 spirals. I cut the throtle

Thanks,
Patrick

The vast majority of fixed wing airplanes can be stalled. If you continue to hold up elevator during a simple spin which is what you did the airplane will never recover and perhaps will spin even faster. The most basic recovery is to let go of that up elevator and reduce power, normally if high power remains during the spin that only serves to increase the speed of the rotation. If you do not let go of that up imput and let the airplane gain smooth airflow over the wings it will never recover from a spin.

I beleve you have simply used far to much elevator throw as indicated by AA5BY and a reduction there along with perhaps some buddy cord time in basic spins and spin recovery would do a load of good.


John