Originally Posted by
Judd
Is incipient spin training permitted in your aircraft?
That seems to put the kibosh on the majority of flying school trainers including the Cessna 172. Under the Normal Category Limitations the C172 POH states that aerobatic maneuvers, including spins are not approved. Incipient spins are still spins; therefore not approved
They key here is 'Normal Category'. I have done a lot of spin training in a C172, after confirming that I am not in the 'Normal Category'. I seem to remember only signing out an aircraft with half full tanks, too, but that might have been a local club extra-safe policy.