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Old 17th February 2003 | 08:07
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Final 3 Greens
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I made the following comment ….

“Even relatively light aeroplanes take thousands, rather than hundreds of feet.”

And I didn’t edit it out, you must have been p*ssed when you read the post

“Which ones, and how many thousands?”

The only POH I have to hand is for a Bulldog….

“350 ft per turn should be used for the calculation of the height at which recovery is to be initiated and a further 1000 ft included to allow for additional height that might be lost during the pull out recovery when the spin has stopped.”

So three turns and a pull out should be planned for 1950ft – which I believe is in the order of magnitude of thousands rather than hundreds.

I imagine that a flight training organisation would plan per the POH, even though experienced aerobatic pilots could probably achieve far less height loss.

Last edited by Final 3 Greens; 17th February 2003 at 08:19.