Gary Emerson wrote:
My point is that there are other ships in existence that spin
effectively so as to allow the teaching of spins and spin recovery that
don't have a reputation of killing people. Anyone can "spin in" if they
screw things up at low altitude. Masak appears to be an example of this
unfortunately. However, if you polled the glider community I don't
think anyone would come forward and say Blaniks, DGs, LSs, Schleichers,
or Schempp gliders have a particular tendency to spin in. This is the
case with the Puchacz and it seems to stand out in this regard.

The Puchacz does have very powerful air brakes and, because it doesn't
drop its nose when they are deployed, the unwary can lose a lot of
airspeed when they are deployed. This is rather like selecting landing
flap in an ASW-20.

This tendency to shed speed when the brakes are deployed is at odds with
a G103 (which speeds up) or and ASK-21 (which shows very little speed
change). I wonder if this is where its 'bad reputation' comes from?


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