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Old 12-16-2003 | 11:05 PM
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cirrus
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Default RE: How do I enter a spin?

Hey crash:

The above technique will get you into the spin but you have to hold pro-spin control imputs all the time or the airplane will happily fly out of it all by itself. In some airplanes holding a little power also helps and this also serves to flatten the spin. The first couple of turns when you are entering a spin are called a "post stall gyration", it takes a few turns to get establized in the real spin. I have tried spins in G2 with poor sucess. The truth is that the aerodynamics of a real spin are very complicated to simulate and G2 may not have an accurate a spin model.

In a fully developed spin, the airplane is in an autorotation with one wing fully stalled and the other one partially or not at all. I do not have an RC airplane that will spin but have done many more than I can remember (including inverted spins) in various full size planes. Most airplanes will fly out of a spin by themselves then pro-spin controls are removed. The spin recovery used to be a requirement for a private pilot certificate. Like most aerobatic maneuvers, they are a lot of fun.

cirrus