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Old 4th August 2015 | 23:33
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India Four Two
 
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It can only be done in a 'spirally stable' aeroplane, and other than free-flight models, I don't think there are any.
SSD,

Some gliders are spirally stable with the airbrakes open. At my club, we teach a 'benign spiral' using the airbrakes, as a means of making an emergency descent through cloud.
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