ANATOMY OF A SPIN

Table of Contents

• elements of lift
• how lift is generated
• drag
• the stall
• stall speed increases
• stall characteristics
• multi engine
• high lift devices
• recovery

• the spin
• phases
• design considerations
• recovery
• neutral inertia
• fuselage loaded
• wing loaded
• exceptions to the rule
• cg location
• wing and tail design
• configuration effects

• tail damping
• T-tails
• wing design

• propeller thrust
• asymetrical lift
• effects of CG
• flaps

• stalls and slow flight
• obtaining published Vmc
• fuselage mounted engines
• Inverted Spins
• Flat Spins

• loss of control
• crossed controls
• asymmetric power
• torque effect
• rough handling
• recovery errors
• unloaded angle of attack
• power to idle
• ailerons and adverse yaw
• impatient for recovery
• recognition of recovery
• excessive forward stick
• spin or spiral

• coriolis illusion
• graveyard spin
• graveyard spiral