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Principles of flight
5.4.3.1 Development of a spin
For an aircraft to spin, it is required that it is stalled
on one wing. The spin is an autorotation around
the vertical axis.
Avoid stalling the aircraft, and you avoid a spin.
It is important that you know your aircraft 100%,
therefore you MUST be able to control a stall and
the recovery from it.
Therefore, it is necessary to know how spin occurs, and what to do to avoid this:
1) The aircraft ‘drops a wing' as a result of the wing being stalled (can feel
like the start of a turn).
2) The way out of this turn / wing drop is to apply opposite rudder.
5.4.3.2 Recovery from a spin
That is, the aircraft turns to the left, the right leg is used to apply rudder to the
right.
If you try to recover with the aileron instead, you risk deepening the stall and
increasing the risk of a spin.
Out of a spin:
1) engine idle, carb heat on, aileron neutral
2) full opposite rudder, control forward to neutral
When rotation ceases:
3) neutral rudder – steering wheel forward and engine Rpm as needed
The correct method for righting from a spin can be found in the aircraft manual.
Flight Theory PPL(A)(UL)/LAPL Henning Andersen, Midtjysk Flyveskole© 2025 472
