Mike Don't want this to sound like a flame, but that is a WAY off remark about spin resistance.
I can tell you from personal experience that the way a Cessna is designed, with the high wing, dihedral, off set engine, rudder behind the elevator, etc... not only make it more spin resistant, but also make the spin recovery a no brainer. In the 152 or 172 you virtually have to make it spin, and then if you do not initiate the recovery quickly, it will recover to the point of a dive on its own. These exercises having been done when the plane met the criteria for use in the utility category, where spins were allowed. Very possibly different results would be achieved if one had the weight/CG out of limits; but then you would not catch me flying with that pilot either... Conversely the Commander 112 and 114 models I am told have a bad record for difficult if not no recovery from spins due to the tail design. The crusaform tail, elevator mounted half way up the vertical stab, causes lots of problems for rudder authority during a spin. It will get into one easy; just do a power on stall uncoordinated to find out, but it is a BEAR to get back out. I called it an early day after that flight lesson... Colin Rainey First National Mortgage Sources Lending Solutions in All 50 States 386-673-6814 office 407-739-0834 cell brokerpilot9...@earthlink.net > [Original Message] > From: M & C <aviato...@msn.com> > To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> > Date: 1/27/2006 9:11:49 PM > Subject: Re: KR> Spar length/spins > > I put my tanks in the outer wings amoung other reasons to make it somewhat > more spin resistant. I would agree that it would be somewhat more difficult > to recover "but not much" depending on how much rotation was allowed before > recovery. Almost anything you do to an aircraft to make it more spin > resistent will make recovery more difficult. > > Mike Turner > Jackson, Missouri > Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.........N642MC > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <jscott.pi...@juno.com> > To: <kr...@mylist.net> > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 7:31 PM > Subject: Re: KR> Spar length/spins > > > > > > On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 06:45:58 -0600 Larry&Sallie Flesner > > <fles...@verizon.net> writes: > >> > >> > > >> >Nontheless, I would be interested to know how a KR behaves in a > >> spin > >> > >> >with fuel only in the outer tanks. Anyone tried it. :-) > >> > > >> > John. > >> > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
