Originally Posted by
Fly Aiprt
Grog,
The rudder is the primary control to stop a spin, and the elevator position must be so that most of the rudder area is subject to the slipstream.
The elevator nose up or nose down to recover from a spin depends on the configuration of the tail. Some aircraft (most Pitts for instance) require full nose up elevator to quickly stop spinning..
Well, I don't know how many models of Pitts there might be but I have flown a couple, with more than 50 hours in an S2 and found them to respond perfectly well to the standard spin recovery technique .i.e. stick forward (although not a lot is needed) and full opposite rudder - a powerful control on the Pitts. I don't see how the stall would have been eliminated with up elevator.