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I've routinely stalled our club's Blanik from coordinated turns, and other gliders, too. Establish a shallow banked turn (10-15 degrees, say), then simply slow down while maintaining a coordinated turn. At some point, the inner wing falls and the spin begins. Coordination is important, but not sufficient to protect you from a spin. Correct, coordination and speed will do. If you banked a little more and kept flying coordinated you would at one point reach the aft limit in the Stick travel and not be able to stall / spin... |
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