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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:42 am Post subject: RV7-List Digest: 4 Msgs - 02/25/06 |
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I believe the Grummans suffer from a small tail volume. When ventral and dorsal fins are added the spin charastices improve.
Sherman Butler
Time: 05:42:53 AM PST US
From: Brian Gawronski <six_rabbits(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: RE Dangerous ER fuel tanks
The two-place Grumman American AA-1 uses its
full-length tubular main spar as the fuel tank.
Because of this, it is placarded against spins, and
has been involved in numerous spin accidents. NASA
has used it as a spin research plane (with a
spin-recovery chute mounted at the tail!)
Quote: | >were potentially dangerous.
>He said that during spin, the fuel would be sloshed
to >the outboard end of the
>fueltank thus making it difficult or impossible to
>revover from a spin.
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