Hi Send Clowns
Sorry for my slow reply. Its really interesting that you say that about my instructor. As a learner we hear and read all kinds of different recommendations. From what I`d read, I would have anticipated beginning a spin at more like 5000', rather than 3k.
When I first started learning (at a different club), I was introduced to steep turns at 3000' and that particular FI said that 3000 was the standard height for practising these things. At my current club we were doing steep and max rate turns at 1500'. Is this also a bit low?
One one occasion, whilst practising PFL`s this same instructor put the 152 into a max rate turn (stall horn chirping) at about 600'. I have to say it unnerved me a bit, but put that down to my inexperience of load factor and g-forces rather than because it was an inappropriate maneouvre. Am I right in thinking that if the a/c did stall in a steep turn we would execute some kind of flick roll into the dirt quite rapidly ?
I`d be really grateful for some advice on this. I have expressed surprise to my FI about the height for doing steep turns and he said "No, no no, 1500 is heaps. After all, as a CPL I have to do max rate turns with +/- 50 ft tolerance". That said, I`m up doing them by myself this weekend and might go up to at least 2000 to give myself a bit more room to balls it up.
Should I raise this issue with the CFI / one of the senior instructors? As a newbie its hard to know whats right. Also, I`m learning in NZ, does anyone know of a NZCAA approved training syllabus (i.e specific criteria for things like spins + steep turns) which I can access online?
Thanks again.
Rottenlungs