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Scotty & Matt, et all,

There is no flutter in Mark's rudder and in fact at high speed, his 
plane is smooth as silk. Greyhawk is correct in that the rudder trim tab 
was held in place by a temporary adhesive between two painted surfaces. 
In Mark's plane at very low speed/high AOA, elevator control becomes 
less and less effective/mushy and a slight vibration/shake is felt in 
the airframe. With this attitude held in his plane, stalls to spin entry 
were explored. No attempt was made to stall straight ahead. With Mark at 
the controls, he had rudder pedals not me, the plane rolled left 
90degrees nose down. Back pressure released and some right rudder and we 
were out of spin entry within 1/4 turn. Then I did the same with same 
result.

Now for the fine print.....go fly with with someone who has a lot of 
experience doing this stuff. And for those of you who don't have any 
spin training, get some! When I learned to fly, it was part of the 
deal...no spins, no certificate.

ps..I'm not suggesting for a moment that you go out and spin your 
Lancair. I do strongly advocate that you get the training so that if you 
do drop that wing, you'll know how to react and keep control of your 
sphincter muscle.

Angier Ames
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