BizJetJock
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To go back to The Gorilla's question about visually recognising an inverted spin, this can be a problem in straight wing aircraft as well. At least one fatal accident in a Pitts was believed to be caused by the pilot not recognising that it had gone inverted.
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Yes it can be a real problem. I've had recoveries from lomcevaks in Pitts S2As go wrong a few times. On 2 occasions ac was still rolling with neutral controls after recovering to down vertical (well below 1,000ft). With T&S fitted, turn needle was a good clue as to erect/inverted; without it, a squeeze of rudder to oppose the roll increased the roll rate so I correctly assumed it was inverted. I defy anyone to visually differentiate between 89 and 91 degrees nose down.
rts