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Old 9th July 2013 | 14:05
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dubbleyew eight
 
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PS. I'm not at all belittling their challenges. Just exploring this bit of detail.
aircraft designed to FAR23 have to meet flight handling requirements which make them all pretty stable and easy to fly.

there are lots of aircraft not designed to have FAR23 handling either because they predate the requirement or were not designed to it at all.

the lancair gets into a spin as easy as hell.
if you dont fly the Tailwind (i.e. fly hands off) within 20 seconds it is in a steep spiral dive.

I thought it took some bit of work to get a plane into a spin.
just be very careful exploring that in aircraft you arent familiar with.
some take many thousands of feet altitude to recover from an accidental spin. never experiment below 10,000ft.
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