sgyak18t(at)bigpond.com
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 Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:23 pm Post subject: Yak-List Digest: 11 Msgs - 01/07/09 |
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Gentleman,
I would like to make some observations with respect to the spinning process.
I would qualify my statement by saying that I am probably a very low our
piloting comparison with most of the people on this website.
I was so irritated/disgusted with the limitations of my general aviation
training that are actively sought out as much bad attitude/upset training as
I could and eventually wound up doing my advanced spinning and aerobatic
recovery course in the United States in a Pitts S2C in a very reputable
school remain unnamed. It spoilt me for life, partly because the Pitts is
such a wonderful aeroplane but mostly because the exercise of learning how
to control the entry into the spins, upright and inverted accelerated etc as
well as the exit from these manoeuvres on my own bodily sensations gave such
command over the aeroplane in flight. I have now moved on to a Yak 18T,
which is a much less selfish aeroplane and far more practical for where I
live. Its capacities as an aerobatic aircraft will greatly exceed mine is a
pilot probably too many years to come. I have now completed my advanced
spinning and aerobatic training in this aircraft and have approximately 100
hours on type. I even now have my own aerobatic box at our local airport in
controlled airspace, a fact for which I am extremely grateful. I have
colleagues who have done some spin Training, who avoid doing practice,
believing that they will be capable of fixing the problem if and when it
arrives.
I would like to echo the comments made by other authors on this website that
is not the intentional spin that is entered into the history books as
killing pilots it is rather the unexpected. It is however only unexpected
if you don't know what you're doing. I find it difficult to understand why
anyone would ever voluntarily use inverted or cross spin inputs on final, so
the implication is that these are not understood by the pilots who use them.
The most wicked spins that I have experienced have been those when I attempt
to correct mistakes on the vertical. These are particularly nasty in the
Pitts but once again having experienced them with good instructors, they to
become easily tamed. I given a piece of advice when I started to fly by a
World War II hurricane pilot. He said that I should spend as much time in
bars and Aero club's (perhaps they are the same thing) listening to the
discussions about the problems that have a curved as I was unlikely to live
long enough to make all of the mistakes about which I would hear. Perhaps
our discussion on the e-mail is in much the same vein. I have learned much
from listening to this website. I have the most from three extraordinary
and capable instructors who could make the aeroplane stamps in the sky. I
have learnt much from the discussion. What I have learnt most is that I
need continual practice of the right kind. My engine failure on takeoff
followed by incipient spin was only corrected by my aerobatic training and
I'm alive today because of these gentlemen.
I would suggest that we all have a vested interest in survival and flying
our wonderful machines. So practice, practice and practice some more.
Cheers SG
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