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Old 05-16-2016, 10:25 AM
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Old 05-16-2016, 10:35 AM
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Wonderful video, so much to learn here.

One of the most common fatal accidents in all GA airplanes is the low level unintentional stall spin. This video shows how it can happen and in living color and safely. The instructor who is obviously competent, does this on purpose and still loses 800 ft. In spite of what you are flying, that is a dangerous fall if at pattern altitude.

It is also a great refresher of why we practice stalls.

Spin training, basic aerobatics, and/or upset training are all valuable and everyone in my opinion should spend some time and money doing such training, but no matter how competent, you still have to have some altitude to work with.

It also reminds me that with a low altitude engine failure, straight ahead and pick the best spot is almost always going to have the best outcome. The stall spin seldom has a good ending.
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Old 05-16-2016, 12:58 PM
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This video is great, thanks for it!

We all know about this right? - The responses lead me to believe that many have never seen this through the windscreen.

I'd be interested to know of those of you who did your phase 1 flight testing - did you spin your airplane? Have you done this maneuver? If it is the single biggest bad-guy, do we practice it?

I feel very comfortable stalling and spinning my RV-8 in all CG and loading configurations as I fully explored this in phase 1.

I still routinely do spins and I do this maneuver too. The RV-6 that I took transition training in really got my attention with this maneuver - my RV-8 is less 'dramatic'. I do it right and left.

All the usual disclaimers - get some training, etc, etc.
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Old 05-16-2016, 01:41 PM
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We all know about this right? - The responses lead me to believe that many have never seen this through the windscreen.
I haven't. In fact, I've never spun an airplane in my life. I wanted to during training, but it seemed every trainer I flew was placarded against intentional spins.
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I'd be interested to know of those of you who did your phase 1 flight testing - did you spin your airplane? Have you done this maneuver? If it is the single biggest bad-guy, do we practice it?
Although I spent a few years building an RV-7, I ended up buying a flying RV-12 -- so I didn't do the Phase I hours. Not that it would have included spins anyway, but that's beside the point. If I had finished the RV-7, at least part of the Phase I hours and all of the aerobatic testing would have been done by an experienced RV aerobatic pilot with lots of test hours behind him. Even after some aerobatic instruction and RV-7 transition training, I don't know that I would have done it with low hours, a little instruction and a brand new plane. I try not to do things that would make me look really stupid in an NTSB report.

If you've got enough experience to do all of your own test flights -- including the inverted-windshield-full-of-green stuff -- fantastic. It would be stupid for me to do it. I really want to get some upset & acro training one of these days, if I can get to the point where I don't need a cargo chute.

So I think that's why you have a lot of RV guys, even the ones who built their own, who have never seen that particular view.
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Old 05-16-2016, 02:11 PM
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I have seen that view several times - but I was always expecting it. I have to believe my initial reaction would be to pull back if that happened unexpectedly.
I would think that routine acrobatic flying is the only way to condition to handle this. I don't think a look every 2 years is going to produce enough mussel memory.
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Just curious, how far out was the ball when she broke?
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And Brian wins the award! I was wondering how long it would take before someone mentioned the ball. While it is certainly possible to stall an airplane with the ball in the "middle" it is unlikely that it will enter a spin as fast at this plane did.
And this is a major complaint that I have with our glass panels. The "ball" image in the average EFFIS is basically a waste of time. They are very small, almost an afterthougtht and typically the ball does not move very much, thus we tend not to pay attention to it.
Directly above my EFFIS and just below the glare shield I have an old fashioned ball type bank indicator. These are available from the large aviation parts suppliers, get the biggest one that will fit on your panel. Old school might just save your life.
I have a larger model in my plane, it is very visible, a constant reminder. It is mounted in my line of sight and on base to final turns I check the ball to make sure that I am not cross controlled. It is very easy to get things out of co-ordinated flight when you are at a strange airport, cross wind, crowds, etc. Does AirVenture come to mind...

this was an excellent video, typically on a base to final turn you are going to be around 500' or so agl and based on that video you would not have had time to recover even if you were right on top of it.
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Just curious, how far out was the ball when she broke?
I went up and did this a couple times in my Rocket this morning, I got an identical result, carried the roll through and pulled out. While I wasn't looking at the ball I expect it was fully in it's corner. It also took a significant pull (# of force) on the stick to keep the nose up, much more than I ever need in any normal maneuvers or mild aerobatics. It is a very strange corner of the flight envelope to be in, at least in my experience.

Thanks to the OP for the video!
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How far the skid ball out is one part of the question. The other part of the question is how much rudder was applied, and how quickly...
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How far the skid ball out is one part of the question. The other part of the question is how much rudder was applied, and how quickly...
Yes, the rate of yawing is critical. You can fly an airplane cross-controlled at low airspeed (e.g. forward slip) but kicking out to get to coordinated flight too quickly can cause a spin. Try it (at altitude)!

Perhaps what we need is not conventional stall avoidance training, but training in all the clever ways we can enter a stall/spin. I think it would be very illuminating. Then we can avoid those manoeuvers!
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