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Old 7th Oct 2023, 11:19
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By George
 
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Very steep nose attitude, not at all ‘flat’ so it should be recoverable. I wonder why not? Is it the high tail being blanked out?
I read recently of a loss of a Beechcraft B58 Baron after VMCA training exercise resulted in a flat spin. The message being not to use full rudder and stalling at the same time as the roll off. Demonstrate with only half rudder travel to show loss of control and not get into a stall ( ie spin entry).
In Aus spin training is no longer compulsory, something I don’t agree with.

I never liked high tails in the Piper range, no need, and I see it as a form of fashion more than anything else. At rotation they always seem pitch insensitive to me. Watching a Tomahawk’s tail during spin training further convinced me the tail is at the wrong end!
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