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Old 30th March 2015 | 12:14
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ANOpax
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This year, after a eight year absence, I am back in Canada and will be flying much more modern two-seaters this year - ASK-21, DG-1000 and DuoDiscus. I'm looking forward to seeing how they spin and more importantly, how they recover. Being very low-drag, they accelerate very quickly when pointed downward.
At the risk or raining on your parade...

Duo's aren't cleared for spinning AFAIK (due to a tendency to go through Vne in the recovery, I'm told).
K21's won't spin unless you have the spin kit fitted - they end up in a spiral dive.
DG-1000's spin and recover beautifully. A favourite trick of one of my club's instructors is to brief a spinning and stalling sortie in an aft CofG ballasted DG-1000. He'll ask the student to demonstrate a gentle stall and at the buffet he'll apply full rudder. Spin entry is guaranteed (and so is a surprised student!).
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