Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 9/27/83; site hplabsb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hplabsb!bl From: bl@hplabsb.UUCP (Bruce T. Lowerre) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: spin recovery Message-ID: <2503@hplabsb.UUCP> Date: Tue, 11-Sep-84 19:57:56 EDT Article-I.D.: hplabsb.2503 Posted: Tue Sep 11 19:57:56 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 00:35:17 EDT Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA Lines: 17 The latest issue of "Sport Aviation" has an article on an emergency spin recovery technique in which it is not necessary to identify the kind of spin (upright, inverted, flat, etc.) but only the direction. For what it's worth, here it is. 1) power to idle 2) LET GO OF THE CONTROLS 3) push full rudder opposite to spin 4) when rotation stops, neutral rudder 5) grab controls and recover from dive I tried it in a 152, however the plane is so docile that as soon as I let go of the controls the rotation stopped before I pushed opposite rudder. If there are any aerobatic pilots out there who would like to try it in an inverted spin, I'd be interested to know how it works. Bruce T. Lowerre, CFI