X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from QMTA11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.27.211] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with ESMTP id 3894061 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:14:19 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.27.211; envelope-from=n3773@comcast.net Received: from OMTA18.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.74]) by QMTA11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id vUeL1c0041bwxycABVCtUc; Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:12:53 +0000 Received: from rv8 ([71.236.188.91]) by OMTA18.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id vVLP1c00J1ylVyX8eVLQkW; Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:20:24 +0000 Message-ID: <8C22D48AEC934210B51D6315298F7CEA@rv8> Reply-To: "kevin lane" From: "kevin lane" To: "flyrotary" Subject: off subject - RV spin characteristics Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:13:32 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0016_01CA5237.24CE28D0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01CA5237.24CE28D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable one day I video recorded what happens in my RV-6A when I attempt to = stall/spin. with the stick held full back and neutral, rudders neutral, = power off, you can see the ride I get. it is actually a lot more bouncy = and shaking than the video portrays. I would never do this with say, my = wife, on board. eventually the left wing drops a lot, speed picks up = and the plane dives and pulls up, ready to start this routine all over = again. at this point I give full right rudder to initiate a spin, = recovering several thousand feet below the 5000' starting altitude. I = have tried the "flying leaf" maneuvers [only rudder corrections to a = stall] before, and again, never get into a full stall. =20 note - RV spin recovery requires neutral or forward stick along with = opposite rudder. this is not like the T-craft I learned to fly in. = pushing the stick in the direction of the spin will really wind it up. = don't do this! Van himself told me that! [afterwards] stick to 1 or 2 = revolutions[ not 6], that's all Vans has ever tested. kevin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DUtz0dRyg5mE ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01CA5237.24CE28D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

one day I video recorded what happens = in my=20 RV-6A when I attempt to stall/spin. with the stick held full back = and=20 neutral, rudders neutral, power off, you can see the ride I get. = it is=20 actually a lot more bouncy and shaking than the video = portrays. I=20 would never do this with say, my wife, on board. eventually the = left wing=20 drops a lot, speed picks up and the plane dives and pulls up, ready to = start=20 this routine all over again. at this point I give full right = rudder to=20 initiate a spin, recovering several thousand feet below the 5000' = starting=20 altitude. I have tried the "flying leaf" maneuvers [only rudder=20 corrections to a stall] before, and again, never get into a full=20 stall.

note - RV spin recovery requires = neutral=20 or forward stick along with opposite rudder. this is not like the = T-craft=20 I learned to fly in. pushing the stick in the direction of the = spin will=20 really wind it up. don't do this! Van himself told me that!=20 [afterwards] stick to 1 or 2 revolutions[ not 6], = that's all=20 Vans has ever tested. kevin

http://www.youtube.= com/watch?v=3DUtz0dRyg5mE

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