Update on Minden tradegy

Eric Greenwell wrote:

Five turns, six turns - not a very comforting margin if you are spinning
down through a cloud when you might need many more than that.

The point is, it's assumed that after 5 turns the spin is fully
established and nothing new will happen in the next 27 turns. That said,
a spin is not a recommended method to escape cloud in a modern glider.

Stefan

Stefan wrote:
Eric Greenwell wrote:

Five turns, six turns - not a very comforting margin if you are
spinning down through a cloud when you might need many more than that.


The point is, it's assumed that after 5 turns the spin is fully
established and nothing new will happen in the next 27 turns. That said,
a spin is not a recommended method to escape cloud in a modern glider.

Fully established? Flat and unrecoverable maybe. Also, I couldn't get
our club Blanik to spin (dual) three times before it would end up in a
spiral dive.

Shawn

Shawn wrote:

Fully established? Flat and unrecoverable maybe.

If it meets the JAR certification (which I don't know), it's not. That's
the whole point of certification.

Also, I couldn't get
our club Blanik to spin (dual) three times before it would end up in a
spiral dive.

If you read my earlier posts, you'd see that this was exactly my point.

Stefan