14-05-2011, 05:14 PM
Gday KV
Can you elaborate? A spin is a simple and fundamental maneuver that any pilot must master. I am unsure where the confusion lies.
A true spin involves a reduction of airspeed to the point where lift is less than weight. Most aircraft will then drop a wing then plummet downwards rotating towards the dropped wing. Arrest the spin with opposite rudder, pull out and apply power to recover. Our models may just mush out with a high nose attitude so just chuck some aileron in and the wing will drop. I cannnot see where the IC vs electric issue comes into play. So the IC engine will still have the prop rotating as it is at idle whereas the electric prop will be stopped or merely windmilling but who cares, gyroscopic forces are not a factor. I can stall a glider just as effectively as a powered aircraft.
You've lost me.
As long as the spin has been entered via the stall and recovered successfully I cannot see why the requirements could not have been deemed to be met?
Cheers
Rob B
Can you elaborate? A spin is a simple and fundamental maneuver that any pilot must master. I am unsure where the confusion lies.
A true spin involves a reduction of airspeed to the point where lift is less than weight. Most aircraft will then drop a wing then plummet downwards rotating towards the dropped wing. Arrest the spin with opposite rudder, pull out and apply power to recover. Our models may just mush out with a high nose attitude so just chuck some aileron in and the wing will drop. I cannnot see where the IC vs electric issue comes into play. So the IC engine will still have the prop rotating as it is at idle whereas the electric prop will be stopped or merely windmilling but who cares, gyroscopic forces are not a factor. I can stall a glider just as effectively as a powered aircraft.
You've lost me.
As long as the spin has been entered via the stall and recovered successfully I cannot see why the requirements could not have been deemed to be met?
Cheers
Rob B