Originally Posted by
Mark1234
I seem to recall it goes something like: Pitch into a steep climb with speed; as the airspeed decays to launch speed, pretend the wire broke, commence a pitch towards horizontal, but not to vigorous.. arrive flat at something significantly underneath regular stall speed, still flying 'cos you're at significantly <1g. Move the stick back to the regular 'level flight' position, commence a turn (no deliberate mis-coordination required)...
.. at which point the world flips and starts rotating
That's the one. If you are lucky the instructor does it at altitude, if you are unlucky they do it following a simulated high winch launch failure (but maybe only in a K21, not a Puch), if you are really unlucky the put you in that situation (again maybe K21 only!) and hand control back. At least one knows the K21 will convert fairly swiftly into a spiral dive...
Originally Posted by
Mark1234
Puch was the first aircraft I spun that the rudder floated onto the stop and stayed there - i.e. required positive recovery rather than releasing the pro-spin controls.<snip>
The DG500/505 is 'fun' as with that huge canopy the earth is clearly going round at one's feet.
