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Old 26th Aug 2019, 14:43
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Originally Posted by Genghis the Engineer
What is incipient?
Equally, RAF Central Flying School now have quite a nice definition that works with my own students for defining incipient vs full spinning: an incipient spin is one that does not require a full spin recovery technique, while a full spin is one that does not recover using an incipient recovery technique. There is of course the caveat of individual aircraft having their own optimum recovery techniques - cf the farce of the Robin 2160 when first brought into the UK - but as an overall rule it works well. DS of course explored the various modes rather more thoroughly than most of us might in day to day flying, with more understanding of how differing flight path may affect the spin modes!
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