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Old 21st Aug 2014, 07:17
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dobbin1
 
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The EASA syllabus defines incipient spin as a stall with wing drop :-

(xiv) Exercise 11: Spin avoidance:
(A) safety checks;
(B) stalling and recovery at the incipient spin stage (stall with excessive wing drop, about 45°);
(C) instructor induced distractions during the stall.
I do most of my training in DA20 A1 Katanas, where it is quite easy to provoke a wing drop with a small nudge on the rudder, especially when there is some power applied. The recovery is standard stall recovery, full power, stick centrally forward and enough rudder to prevent the nose yawing toward the ground. Too much rudder and the wing drop will go the other way. I generally only do this once with my students, just until I can feel them adding the top rudder to stop the yaw when the wing drops. I have never got into a full spin doing this.

Some students want to experience full spins. If so, I teach them spin recoveries in our Firefly where we can wear parachutes and have a jettisonable canopy. I have spun the Katana alone wearing a parachute but it was very uncomfortable.
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