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Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:02
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: off subject - RV
spin characteristics
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Mike Wills
<rv-4mike@cox.net>
wrote:
Sorry I don't have any video. Anyone want to come along and
hold the camera?
Ummm..... No thanks! And I thought I was
living on the edge as a current sailplane pilot/ex-hang glider
pilot...
Mike
You guys, its just a spin. Lots of people do them. Lots of
people do them in RV's. The RV is fully capable. I have never heard of
an RV that got into an unrecoverable spin. Its a cool thing that
airplanes do. I worked up to it 1/2 rotation at a time. I had spin
training in the Navy and go into spin flights mentally ready. Many
airplanes that spin recover by just letting go of the controls. The RV,
along with a lot of other planes, takes some positive inputs to recover from a
fully developed spin. No big, you just have to remain calm and go
through the procedures.
Yep, Van doesn't recommend doing more than 2 turns if at all. He
also doesn't recommend installing anything other than a lycoming. He
also doesn't recommend making any changes to the plans.
One really cool modification to the plans that I made other than the
rotary engine) was to move the flap motor out of the middle and over to
the side. This simple mod allows me to carry 2 snow boards down the
middle (along with a pax), or I can carry a full size mountain bike. I'm
flying up to Chico this weekend to go riding at my buddies cabin. You
can't beat that... it is what it is all about.