On Jul 2, 9:35*am, bildan wrote:
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I actually think this is the real killer spin. *The pilot gets
distracted, perhaps the trim is still set for thermalling, the
airspeed drifts lower and lower. *The glider begins to mush in a semi-
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I think you have hit it here. I have see this many times when doing
stalls with students and even some fairly experienced pilots.
It is one thing to be on the trigger ready to recover from a spin. It
is totally another to be wondering why the nose is dropping and the
ailerons are not working for no apparent reason.
I have even read an accident report where the pilot reported that he
thought the ailerons have became disconnected becuase they were
ineffective.

I totally believe most stall spin accident soccur because the pilot is
not thinking about a stall spin and is not on the hair trigger ready
to recover, .i.e. they are distracted from this issue.

Brian