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What often happens is that as the spiral dive develops, airspeed rises
into the yellow arc or exceeds Vne. At that point any sudden control input -- as in jerking the yoke back to slow down -- tightens the turn and G-load goes beyond structural limits. The tail departs, or a wing spar snaps. Structural damage doesnt take several seconds. Its instantaneous. This is why the *first* thing you do in a recovery is LEVEL THE WINGS. That stops the turn and brings G-loads back near normal. Then pull out of the dive. The other thing that can happen in a spiral is the accelerated stall, leading to a snap spin. This is also an instantaneous occurence, and a spin, at night, in turbulence, could baffle any pilot. Have your instructor explain this. Seth N8100R > My naive impression is that its fairly rare for someone to be in such a > bind > when they realize theyre having a problem that they only have seconds in > which > to recover. I would think youd usually have enough time to take a deep > breath > and _think_ about what youre going to do before you have to do anything. > > Rich Lemert |
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