BigNed, please read my post above. It makes it prefectly clear what is required for a 10 in a spin. If after reading that you are still confused, then we can chat some more.

To summarize:

1 - the plane MUST stall. If is does NOT stall, it CANNOT spin.

2 - The wing MUST fall in the direction of the spin as the nose falls. This is a simultaneous deal. The nose and wing are departing at the same time. Not nose first, then wing. That is deducted at 1 point per 10 degrees. Same deal if the wing is dropping before the stall. 1 point per 10 degrees. And again, no stall is an automatic zero.

3 - the plane MUST autorotate. Failure to do so is a zero, since the plane is really in a spiral dive if it is NOT autorotating.

4 - The plane MUST stop at precisely the prescribed number of degrees of rotation and account for any wind correction. In other words, don't stop the spin and THEN add in wind correction. Stop the spin at the wind corrected attitude.

5 - establish a wind corrected vertical downline that is visible to the judges. Failure to do so is a 1 point per 10 degrees variation.

6 - perform a smooth radius 1/4 loop back to wings level. End of figure.