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Old 8th Aug 2018, 12:50
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Originally Posted by Deadstick126
My brother has the 425 and I can't imagine getting it out of a spin from 1000 feet. It's so fast and slick that even with that big tail fin it's going to take a couple thousand feet to recover. What I see in the video sure looks like a spin to me. The other puzzling thing to me is the twin engine failure. I don't see how you run out of fuel in both engines at the same time, so I would guess one failed, then the turn into the dead engine may have caused excessive control input as the second engine failed. I do spins in approved aircraft and I'd hate to spin that beast.
We don’t know all the circumstances so I’m not trying to criticise this particular pilot and I have never experienced a double engine failure but surely you are going to have to severely mishandle the controls to get yourself in a spin?
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