Gyroscopic figures…
Sorry to say, but Stik old chap your wrong (dangerously!) about flattening an inverted spin!
Lycoming powered aircraft (we are talking about an Extra here.. I think?) will only inverted flat spin with ‘right’ rudder.. RIGHT aileron will flatten the spin inverted because roll and yaw are opposite inverted.. full power is then applied and the stick is brought back to accelerate and flatten the spin… actually in the Extra just using full power and right aileron alone does the trick handsomely!
Recovery is achieved quickly in the Extra by closing the throttle FULLY (removes gyroscopic effect… that’s what’s flattening the spin), FULL left rudder and FULL left aileron (inverted this is actually the in-spin aileron) and FULL aft stick..
Flat spins and any form of Lomcovak (and there are many forms of gyroscopic figure, for example the ‘Cravat’ ‘Ruade’ and the ‘Eventail’ to name but a few) are potentially very dangerous figures.. the outcome can be unpredictable… almost all involve significant height loss… With practice the exit from these figures can be made to look precise… as the figure depletes energy (in some figures the aircraft will start to ‘snap’ roll as the gyroscopic forces diminish) the exit can be flown to a ‘line’ or exit heading… a knowledge of flat spin recovery is essential! This can happen when things go wrong..
Gyroscopic manoeuvres should only be flown by advanced/unlimited aerobatic pilots who are extremely current… all these manoeuvres a flown using ‘negative’ g (quite high values sometimes) and they can be quite disorientating even to experienced unlimited level aerobatic pilots (there are only a hand full of pilots in the UK that fly to this level)… YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED…
It go’s without saying, these figures should only be flown in ‘unlimited’ aircraft types, like the Extra, Sukhoi, Yak 50 etc
Hope this helps…