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Old 17th May 2007 | 11:46
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stiknruda
 
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The PFA's aerobatic flight test schedule includes, loops, rolls off the top, stall turns and positive spins.

Inverted spins and flicks are intermediate competition figures - hardly extreme! Neither are particularly high G: neg one for the spin to commence about 4positive on the pull out. Flicking is about 3 pos or slightly less (in my aeroplane) negative - just very uncomfortable negative!

Inverted spin recovery is (Pitts-centric comment!) more rapid than erect recovery because whilst erect the tailplane blanks a large proportion of the rudder. Inverted it only blanks the lower section of the rudder.
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