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Old 03-16-2006 | 07:20 PM
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This is a good thread for me to watch so I'm subscribing

I've only been flying a year but spend WAY too much time on a simulator. I haven't really had anything capable of 3D but I have a OMP katana 46 with YS 63S sitting downstairs to assemble. So...hopefully I can transfer everything from the sim to something that really flies. I also have a Copperhead Aviation Yak Stiffy I'm going to be practicing on as well. Between the two and the sim time I think I can really do this stuff

Akchu, I hope that video I sent you helped with the flat spins some. From my understanding, the whole purple of the elevator in a flat spin is not really to control pitch but to keep the plane stalled. Power will help control the pitch and bring the nose up in some cases. CG has an effect as well - if its really really nose heavy, it will fall out.