On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 22:55:29 -0700, Tom wrote:

I have tried the benign spiral trick with no luck (for those unfamiliar
with this you lower the landing gear, set landing flap position if you are
flapped, and take your hands off the controls).

Don't try it with an ASW-20. It has no benign spiral with the flaps in
neutral: I checked with gear down, brakes and no brakes.

However, its probably OK on a fixed heading: clean, with zero flap, hands
off but feet used to keep straight, its stable with a 25 second +/- 5 kt
phugoid.

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