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Old 23rd Nov 2005, 01:17
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Blue Sky Baron
 
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Erin,

I hope you never get an aircraft into a serious spiral dive as your recovery method will surely kill you and anyone unfortunate enough to be with you.

The correct method is to close the throttle/s, roll level and PUSH FORWARD. If you fail to push, and pull instead, the dynamics of flight will have you going ballistic.

The reason for 'pushing forward' is to counteract the natural tendancy for the aircraft to try to regain its trimmed airspeed.
EG: if you are in cruise and trimmed at 120 kts (obviously not in a Baron!) and you find yourself in a spiral dive at 180 kts as soon as you roll it level it will naturally try to regain 120 kts, ie, it will climb quite rapidly. If you assist the climb tendency by pulling you will either enter a high speed stall (NOT recommended), or, remove the wings via overload.

Back on topic; from memory all Baron drivers should avoid single engine stalls at all costs, this will result in an unrecoverable spin.
Stalls with both engines operating are no more dangerous than any other aircraft, spiral dives also no problem, except for 'why' you are in that situation in the first place.

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