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95-411: Either situation causes the aircraft to autorotate toward the stalled wing due to its higher drag and loss of lift. Spins are characterized by high angle of attack, an airspeed below the stall on at least one wing and a shallow descent. Recovery and avoiding a crash may require a specific and counter-intuitive set of actions. A spin differs from a spiral dive , in which neither wing is stalled and which

190-473: A 0 {\displaystyle a_{0}} are consistent with the ISA i.e. the conditions under which airspeed indicators are calibrated. The true airspeed ( TAS ; also KTAS , for knots true airspeed ) of an aircraft is the speed of the aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying. The true airspeed and heading of an aircraft constitute its velocity relative to the atmosphere. The true airspeed

285-400: A Glenn L. Martin tractor configuration plane powered by a Gnome et Rhône engine, Beachey traveled to France and purchased two 80 horsepower Gnome Lambdas and brought it back to Chicago. One of those powered his "Little Looper" biplane, with a 21 foot wingspan, in which he demonstrated a tailslide . During Beachey's 126-city tour in 1914, he would sometimes race Barney Oldfield on

380-506: A pitot-static system . The pitot-static system comprises one or more pitot probes (or tubes) facing the on-coming air flow to measure pitot pressure (also called stagnation , total or ram pressure) and one or more static ports to measure the static pressure in the air flow. These two pressures are compared by the ASI to give an IAS reading. Airspeed indicators are designed to give true airspeed at sea level pressure and standard temperature . As

475-454: A stall , so the FAA emphasizes training pilots in stall recognition, prevention, and recovery as a means to reduce accidents due to unintentional stalls or spins. A spin is often intimidating to the uninitiated, however many pilots trained in spin entry and recovery find that the experience builds awareness and confidence. In a spin, the occupants of the airplane only feel reduced gravity during

570-504: A "deadly spiral." Lincoln then won the shortest take-off event at the Tanforan Aviation Meet . Although Wilfred Parke is credited with developing "Parke's technique" to recover from a tailspin, Beachey is also cited as having discovered the maneuver. Climbing to 5,000 feet (1,500 m), he forced his plane into the spin and then turned the rudder in the direction of the spin, allowing him to level out. He repeated

665-431: A "tailspin". Many types of airplanes spin only if the pilot simultaneously yaws and stalls the airplane (intentionally or unintentionally). Under these circumstances, one wing stalls, or stalls more deeply than the other. The wing that stalls first drops, increasing its angle of attack and deepening the stall. At least one wing must be stalled for a spin to occur. The other wing rises, decreasing its angle of attack, and

760-594: A Russian pilot, Captain Pyotr Nesterov , made the first inside loop . Frenchman Adolphe Pegoud later that year became the second and more famous person to do it. Beachey wanted to try it himself. Curtiss refused to build him a plane capable of the stunt, and Beachey left the flying team. At the same time, he wrote a scathing essay about stunt flying, stating most people came to exhibitions out of morbid eagerness to see young pilots die. On March 7, 1913, he announced he would never again fly professionally, believing he

855-490: A TAS scale, which is set by entering outside air temperature and pressure altitude. Alternatively, TAS can be calculated using an E6B flight calculator or equivalent, given inputs of CAS, outside air temperature (OAT) and pressure altitude. Equivalent airspeed (EAS) is defined as the airspeed at sea level in the International Standard Atmosphere at which the (incompressible) dynamic pressure

950-415: A differential induced drag that raises the nose toward a level pitch attitude. As the nose comes up the tail moves out farther from the center of rotation increasing lateral airflow over the empennage. The increase in lateral flow across the vertical stabilizer/rudder brings it to its critical angle of attack stalling it. The normal recovery input of opposite rudder further increases angle of attack, deepening

1045-514: A local race track . Beachey's airshow spectators included Thomas Edison and Orville Wright . Orville Wright said, "An aeroplane in the hands of Lincoln Beachey is poetry. His mastery is a thing of beauty to watch. He is the most wonderful flyer of all." In 1914, he dive-bombed the White House and Congress in a mock attack, proving that the US government was woefully unprepared for the age that

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1140-419: A low aspect ratio swept wing with relatively large yaw and pitch inertia the diagram will be different and illustrates a predominance of yaw. One common scenario that can lead to an unintentional spin is a skidding uncoordinated turn toward the runway during the landing sequence. A pilot who is overshooting the turn to final approach may be tempted to apply more rudder to increase the rate of turn. The result

1235-410: A pilot's instinct to pull back on the stick served only to make a spin worse. Because of this, the spin earned a reputation as an unpredictable danger that might snatch an aviator's life at any time, and against which there was no defense. In early aviation, individual pilots explored spins by performing ad-hoc experiments (often accidentally), and aerodynamicists examined the phenomenon. Lincoln Beachey

1330-500: A pitch test. To do this, slowly reduce power to idle and see which way the nose pitches. If it pitches down, then the aircraft is stall recoverable. If the nose pitches up, then the stall would be difficult to recover or altogether unrecoverable. The pitch test should be done just prior to performing a spin maneuver. If the center of gravity of the airplane is behind the aft limit approved for spinning, any spin may prove unrecoverable except by using some special spin-recovery device such as

1425-577: A small number of airplane types the FAA has made a finding of equivalent level of safety (ELOS) so that demonstration of a one-turn spin is not necessary. For example, this has been done with the Cessna Corvalis and the Cirrus SR20/22 . Successful demonstration of the one-turn spin does not get an airplane approved for intentional spinning. To get an airplane approved for intentional spinning,

1520-520: A spin of at least one turn, while single-engine aircraft certified in the utility category must demonstrate a six-turn spin that cannot be unrecoverable at any time during the spin due to pilot action or aerodynamic characteristic. NASA recommends various tail configurations and other strategies to eliminate the flatter of the two spin modes and make recovery from the steeper mode more reliable. In aviation's early days, spins were poorly understood and often fatal. Proper recovery procedures were unknown, and

1615-419: A spin, the spin has four phases. At low altitude, spin recovery may also be impossible before impacting terrain, making low and slow aircraft especially vulnerable to spin-related accidents. Spins can be classified using the following descriptors: The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) has defined four different modes of spinning. These four modes are defined by the angle of attack of

1710-488: A spin-recovery parachute specially installed in the tail of the airplane; or by jettisoning specially installed ballast at the tail of the airplane. Some World War II airplanes were notoriously prone to spins when loaded erroneously; for example, the Bell P-39 Airacobra . The P-39 was an unusual design with the engine behind the pilot's seat and a large cannon in the front. Soviet pilots did numerous tests of

1805-506: A spin. Generally, though, spin training is undertaken in an "Unusual attitude recovery course" or as a part of an aerobatics endorsement (though not all countries actually require training for aerobatics). However, understanding and being able to recover from spins is certainly a skill that a fixed-wing pilot could learn for safety. It is routinely given as part of the training in sailplanes , since gliders often operate slowly enough to be in near-stall conditions while turning. Because of this, in

1900-675: A stall and wing drop (the very beginning of the entry to a spin) and must recover from a stall and wing drop as part of training. Some aircraft cannot be recovered from a spin using only their own flight control surfaces and must not be allowed to enter a spin under any circumstances. If an aircraft has not been certified for spin recovery, it should be assumed that spins are not recoverable and are unsafe in that aircraft. Important safety equipment, such as stall/spin recovery parachutes , which generally are not installed on production aircraft, are used during testing and certification of aircraft for spins and spin recovery. Spin-entry procedures vary with

1995-421: A test pilot must repeatedly subject it to a spin of six turns and then demonstrate recovery within one and a half additional turns. Spin testing is a potentially hazardous exercise, and the test aircraft must be equipped with some spin-recovery device such as a tail parachute, jettisonable ballast, or some method of rapidly moving the center of gravity forward. Agricultural airplanes are typically certificated in

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2090-404: Is a measure of airspeed that is a function of incompressible dynamic pressure. Structural analysis is often in terms of incompressible dynamic pressure, so equivalent airspeed is a useful speed for structural testing. The significance of equivalent airspeed is that, at Mach numbers below the onset of wave drag, all of the aerodynamic forces and moments on an aircraft are proportional to the square of

2185-478: Is based on the form of Bernoulli's equation applicable to isentropic compressible flow. CAS is the same as true air speed at sea level standard conditions, but becomes smaller relative to true airspeed as we climb into lower pressure and cooler air. Nevertheless, it remains a good measure of the forces acting on the airplane, meaning stall speeds can be called out on the airspeed indicator. The values for p 0 {\displaystyle p_{0}} and

2280-411: Is characterized by a low angle of attack and high airspeed. A spiral dive is not a type of spin because neither wing is stalled. In a spiral dive, the aircraft responds conventionally to the pilot's inputs to the flight controls, and recovery from a spiral dive requires a different set of actions from those required to recover from a spin. In the early years of flight, a spin was frequently referred to as

2375-411: Is composed of opposing roll and yaw. It is crucial that the yaw be countered to effect recovery. The visual field in a typical spin (as opposed to a flat spin) is heavily dominated by the perception of roll over yaw, which can lead to an incorrect and dangerous conclusion that a given inverted spin is actually an erect spin in the reverse yaw direction (leading to a recovery attempt in which pro-spin rudder

2470-602: Is defined as M = V a {\displaystyle M={\frac {V}{a}}} where Both the Mach number and the speed of sound can be computed using measurements of impact pressure , static pressure and outside air temperature . For aircraft that fly close to, but below the speed of sound (i.e. most civil jets) the compressibility speed limit is given in terms of Mach number. Beyond this speed, Mach buffet or stall or tuck may occur. Lincoln Beachey Lincoln Beachey (March 3, 1887 – March 14, 1915)

2565-554: Is hardest to push") and held (aka the Mueller/Beggs technique). An advantage of the Mueller/Beggs technique is that no knowledge of whether the spin is erect or inverted is required during what can be a very stressful and disorienting time. Even though this method does work in a specific subset of spin-approved airplanes, the NASA Standard/PARE procedure can also be effective provided that care must be taken to ensure

2660-402: Is important information for accurate navigation of an aircraft. To maintain a desired ground track whilst flying in a moving airmass, the pilot of an aircraft must use knowledge of wind speed, wind direction, and true air speed to determine the required heading. See wind triangle . TAS is the appropriate speed to use when calculating the range of an airplane. It is the speed normally listed on

2755-417: Is mistakenly applied and then further exacerbated by holding the incorrect elevator input). In some aircraft that spin readily upright and inverted, such as Pitts- and Christen Eagle-type high-performance aerobatic aircraft, an alternative spin-recovery technique may effect recovery as well, namely: Power off, Hands off the stick/yoke, Rudder full opposite to the spin (or more simply "push the rudder pedal that

2850-401: Is still typically reduced to idle thrust and pitch control neutralized, opposite rudder is almost never used. Adverse yaw created by the rolling surfaces (ailerons, differential horizontal tails, etc.) of such aircraft is often more effective in arresting the spin rotation than the rudder(s), which usually become blanked by the wing and fuselage due to the geometric arrangement of fighters. Hence,

2945-650: Is the Piper Tomahawk , which is certified for spins, though the Piper Tomahawk's spin characteristics remain controversial. Aircraft that are not certified for spins may be difficult or impossible to recover once the spin exceeds the one-turn certification standard. Though spinning has been removed from most flight training courses, some countries still require flight training on spin recovery. The U.S. requires spin training for civilian flight instructor candidates and military pilots. A spin occurs only after

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3040-428: Is the same as the dynamic pressure at the true airspeed (TAS) and altitude at which the aircraft is flying. That is, it is defined by the equation 1 2 ρ 0 V e 2 = 1 2 ρ V 2 {\displaystyle {\frac {1}{2}}\rho _{0}{V_{e}}^{2}={\frac {1}{2}}\rho V^{2}} where Stated differently, where EAS

3135-419: Is twofold: the nose of the airplane drops below the horizon, and the bank angle increases due to rudder roll. Reacting to these unintended changes, the pilot then begins to pull the elevator control aft (thus increasing the angle of attack and load factor) while applying opposite aileron to decrease bank angle. Taken to its extreme, this can result in an uncoordinated turn with sufficient angle of attack to cause

3230-473: Is usually moving relative to the ground due to wind). It is difficult to measure the exact airspeed of the aircraft (true airspeed), but other measures of airspeed, such as indicated airspeed and Mach number give useful information about the capabilities and limitations of airplane performance. The common measures of airspeed are: The measurement and indication of airspeed is ordinarily accomplished on board an aircraft by an airspeed indicator (ASI) connected to

3325-563: The White House lawn, and then on the United States Capitol steps. Lincoln then participated in the 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet at Dominguez Field . This led Lincoln to abandon dirigibles, and start his career with aeroplanes as a mechanic for Glenn Curtiss . At the 1911 Los Angeles airshow, Beachey made the first successful nose-diving spin recovery, and deadstick landing . No previous pilot had survived

3420-408: The 1970s and '80s, and repeatedly recommended by the FAA and implemented by the majority of test pilots during certification spin-testing of light airplanes. Inverted spinning and erect or upright spinning are dynamically very similar and require essentially the same recovery process but use opposite elevator control. In an upright spin, both roll and yaw are in the same direction, but an inverted spin

3515-605: The Beachey-Eaton Monoplane built, the Taube (Dove) , which included tricycle landing gear , enclosed cockpit, ailerons at the ends and rear of the wings, and cowling around his Gnome engine. On 14 March 1915, he took the plane up in front of a crowd of 50,000 (inside the Fairgrounds—with another 200,000 on the hills), made a loop, and turned the plane onto its back. He may have been so intent on leveling

3610-633: The Gosport School of Special Flying, while in France, at the School of Acrobacy and Combat, Americans who had volunteered to serve in the famous Lafayette Escadrille were by July 1917 learning how to do what the French called a vrille . During the 1920s and 1930s, before night-flying instruments were commonly available on small aircraft, pilots were often instructed to enter a spin deliberately to avoid

3705-539: The P-39 and were able to demonstrate its dangerous spinning characteristics. Modern fighter aircraft are not immune to the phenomenon of unrecoverable spin characteristics. Another example of a nonrecoverable spin occurred in 1963, with Chuck Yeager at the controls of the NF-104A rocket-jet hybrid: during his fourth attempt at setting an altitude record, Yeager lost control and entered a spin, then ejected and survived. On

3800-535: The Pitts S-1 designated the Sunbird S-1x. Suderman started from an altitude of 24,500 ft (7,500 m) and recovered at 2,000 ft (610 m). For safety, all certificated, single-engine fixed-wing aircraft , including certificated gliders , must meet specified criteria regarding stall and spin behavior. Complying designs typically have a wing with greater angle of attack at the wing root than at

3895-518: The U.S. demonstration of spin entry and recovery is still expected of glider instructor certification. Also, before their initial certifications both airplane and glider instructors need a logbook endorsement of proficiency in spin training which, under Federal Aviation Regulations 61.183(i), may be given by another instructor. In Canada, spins are a mandatory exercise to get the private and commercial pilot licenses; Canadian recreational pilot permit candidates (1 level below private pilot license) must do

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3990-410: The aft limit at which spins may be attempted is not as far aft as the aft limit for general flying. Intentional spinning should not be attempted casually, and the most important pre-flight precaution is to determine that the airplane's center of gravity is within the range approved for intentional spinning. For this reason, pilots should first determine what tendency the airplane has before it stalls. If

4085-401: The air at Hammondsport, New York . On its first flight, either a downdraft or a loss of speed following a turn caused the plane to dip momentarily. One wing clipped the ridgepole of a tent on the field and the plane then swept two young women and two naval officers off the roof of a nearby hangar, from where they had been watching the flight, contrary to Beachey's wishes. One woman was killed and

4180-633: The aircraft climbs into less dense air, its true airspeed is greater than the airspeed indicated on the ASI. Calibrated airspeed is typically within a few knots of indicated airspeed, while equivalent airspeed decreases slightly from CAS as aircraft altitude increases or at high speeds. Airspeed is commonly given in knots (kn). Since 2010, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recommends using kilometers per hour (km/h) for airspeed (and meters per second for wind speed on runways), but allows using

4275-454: The aircraft during taxiing, takeoff, climb, descent, approach or landing. Target speeds for best rate of climb, best range, and best endurance are given in terms of indicated speed. The airspeed structural limit, beyond which the forces on panels may become too high or wing flutter may occur, is often given in terms of IAS. Calibrated airspeed (CAS) is indicated airspeed corrected for instrument errors, position error (due to incorrect pressure at

4370-434: The aircraft now under control, Parke climbed, made another approach, and landed safely. In spite of the discovery of "Parke's technique", spin-recovery procedures were not a routine part of pilot training until well into World War I. The first documented case of an intentional spin and recovery is that of Harry Hawker . In the summer of 1914, Hawker recovered from an intentional spin over Brooklands , England, by centralizing

4465-644: The aircraft to stall. This is called a cross-control stall , and is very dangerous if it happens at low altitude where the pilot has little time to recover. To avoid this scenario, pilots learn the importance of always making coordinated turns. They may simply choose to make the final turn earlier and shallower to prevent an overshoot of the runway center line and provide a larger margin of safety. Certificated, light, single-engine airplanes must meet specific criteria regarding stall and spin behavior. Spins are often entered intentionally for training, flight testing, or aerobatics. In aircraft that are capable of recovering from

4560-422: The aircraft yaws towards the more deeply stalled wing. The difference in lift between the two wings causes the aircraft to roll, and the difference in drag causes the aircraft to continue yawing. The spin characteristics diagram shown in this section is typical of an aircraft with moderate or high aspect ratio and little or no sweepback which leads to spin motion which is primarily rolling with moderate yaw. For

4655-477: The airflow on the wing. During the 1970s, NASA used its spin tunnel at the Langley Research Center to investigate the spinning characteristics of single-engine general aviation airplane designs. A 1/11-scale model was used with nine different tail designs. Some tail designs that caused inappropriate spin characteristics had two stable spin modes—one steep or moderately steep; and another that

4750-429: The airplane returned to level flight. This procedure is sometimes called PARE , for P ower idle, A ilerons neutral, R udder opposite the spin and held, and E levator through neutral. The mnemonic "PARE" simply reinforces the tried-and-true NASA standard spin recovery actions—the very same actions first prescribed by NACA in 1936, verified by NASA during an intensive, decade-long spin test program overlapping

4845-421: The altitude record, he had filled his tanks with fuel, climbing skyward until the fuel ran out after an hour and forty-eight minutes. After his engine quit, he glided in spirals to the ground over the next twelve minutes. The barograph aboard the plane showed he had reached a height of 11,642 feet (3,548 m), a world record for altitude. In 1912, Beachey, Parmelee, and aviation pioneer Glenn Martin performed

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4940-504: The angle of attack is reduced at the outboard regions of both wings. This necessitates an increase in angle of attack at the inboard (center) regions of the wing, and promotes stalling of the inboard regions well before the wing tips. A US certification standard for civil airplanes up to 12,500 lb (5,700 kg) maximum takeoff weight is Part 23 of the Federal Aviation Regulations , applicable to airplanes in

5035-512: The controls. Russian aviator Konstantin Artseulov , having independently discovered a recovery technique, somewhat different from Parke's and Hawker's, on the frontlines, demonstrated it in a dramatic display over the Kacha flight school 's airfield on September 24, 1916, intentionally flying his Nieuport 21 into a spin and recovering from it twice. Later, Artseulov, at the time an instructor at

5130-622: The crash with only a broken leg, but had died from drowning, unable to release his safety harness while falling. Thousands lined the streets for his funeral in San Francisco. On the one year anniversary of his death, a memorial organized by aviator Edna Christofferson drew hundreds to pay their respects, and the San Francisco Examiner reported that Beachey's grave "was buried under an avalanche of floral tributes." Beachey's final flight, which resulted in his death,

5225-591: The de facto standard of knots, and has no set date on when to stop. Depending on the country of manufacture or which era in aviation history, airspeed indicators on aircraft instrument panels have been configured to read in knots, kilometers per hour, miles per hour. In high altitude flight, the Mach number is sometimes used for reporting airspeed. Indicated airspeed (IAS) is the airspeed indicator reading (ASIR) uncorrected for instrument, position, and other errors. From current EASA definitions: Indicated airspeed means

5320-421: The elevator control is moved briskly forward to reduce the angle of attack below the critical angle . Depending on the airplane and type of spin, the elevator action could be a minimal input before rotation ceases, or in other cases the pilot may have to move the elevator control to its full forward position to effect recovery from the upright spin. Once the rotation has stopped, the rudder must be neutralized and

5415-422: The entry phase and then experience normal gravity, except that the extreme nose-down attitude presses the occupants forward against their restraint harnesses. The rapid rotation, combined with the nose-down attitude, results in a visual effect called ground flow that can be disorienting. The recovery procedure from a spin requires using rudder to stop the rotation, then elevator to reduce angle of attack to stop

5510-528: The equivalent airspeed. Thus, the handling and 'feel' of an aircraft, and the aerodynamic loads upon it, at a given equivalent airspeed, are very nearly constant and equal to those at standard sea level irrespective of the actual flight conditions. At standard sea level pressure, CAS and EAS are equal. Up to about 200 knots CAS and 10,000 ft (3,000 m) the difference is negligible, but at higher speeds and altitudes CAS diverges from EAS due to compressibility. Mach number M {\displaystyle M}

5605-728: The first night flights in California with acetylene burners, fuses, and small noise making bombs dropped over Los Angeles. In 1913, Beachey took off inside the Machinery Palace on the Exposition grounds at the San Francisco World's Fair . He flew the plane at 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) and landed it, all inside the confines of the hall. His stunt speciality was the "dip-of-death", where he would take his plane up to 5,000 feet (1,500 m), and dive toward

5700-710: The flight plan, also used in flight planning , before considering the effects of wind. True airspeed is calculated from calibrated airspeed as follows V = V c θ ( 1 + q c / p ) ( γ − 1 ) / γ − 1 ( 1 + q c / p 0 ) ( γ − 1 ) / γ − 1 {\displaystyle V=V_{c}{\sqrt {\theta {\frac {(1+q_{c}/p)^{(\gamma -1)/\gamma }-1}{(1+q_{c}/p_{0})^{(\gamma -1)/\gamma }-1}}}}} where Some airspeed indicators include

5795-421: The further forward the center of gravity the less readily the airplane will spin, and the more readily it can recover from a spin. Conversely, the further aft the center of gravity the more readily the airplane will spin, and the less readily it can recover from a spin. In any airplane, the forward and aft limits on center of gravity are carefully defined. In some airplanes that are approved for intentional spinning,

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5890-468: The ground at full speed with his hands outstretched. At the last moment he would level the plane and zoom down the raceway, with his hands off of the controls, gripping the control stick with his knees. In a jest aimed at Blanche Stuart Scott , another member of the Curtiss exhibition team, Beachey dressed up as a woman and pretended to be out of control in a mock terror to hundreds of thousands. In 1913,

5985-506: The inverted plane, he failed to notice he was only 2,000 feet (610 m) above San Francisco Bay. He pulled on the controls to pull the plane out of its inverted position, where it was slowly sinking. The strain caused the rear spars in its wings to break, and the crumpled plane plunged into the bay between two ships. Navy men jumped into action, but it took 1 hour and 45 minutes to recover Beachey's body. Even then, rescuers spent three hours trying to revive him. The autopsy found he had survived

6080-543: The maneuver eleven more times to confirm that it worked. In June the organizers of the U.S.-Canadian International Carnival offered $ 4000 to fly through the Niagara Gorge , and another $ 1000 to fly under the Honeymoon Bridge . On 27 June 1911, Beachey flew his Curtiss D biplane before an estimated 150,000 spectators. Flying through the mist of Horseshoe Falls , then descending within 6 meters (20 feet) of

6175-641: The much more dangerous graveyard spiral when they suddenly found themselves enveloped in clouds, hence losing visual reference to the ground. In almost every circumstance, the cloud deck ends above ground level, giving the pilot a reasonable chance to recover from the spin before crashing. Today, spin training is not required for a private pilot licence in the United States; added to this, most training-type aircraft are placarded "intentional spins prohibited". Some models of Cessna 172 are certified for spinning although they can be difficult to actually get into

6270-420: The normal category at a moderate weight. For single-engine airplanes this requires successful demonstration of the one-turn spin. However, with the agriculture hopper full these airplanes are not intended to be spun, and recovery is unlikely. For this reason, at weights above the maximum for the normal category, these airplanes are not subjected to spin testing and, as a consequence, can only be type certificated in

6365-524: The normal, utility and acrobatic categories. Part 23, §23.221 requires that single-engine airplanes must demonstrate recovery from either a one-turn spin if intentional spins are prohibited or six-turn spins if intentional spins are approved. Even large, passenger-carrying single-engine airplanes like the Cessna Caravan must be subjected to one-turn spins by a test pilot and repeatedly demonstrated to recover within no more than one additional turn. With

6460-434: The nose above the horizon. Such maneuvers must be performed with the center of gravity in the normal range and with appropriate training, and consideration should be given to the extreme gyroscopic forces generated by the propeller and exerted on the crankshaft. Guinness World Records lists the highest number of consecutive inverted flat spins at 98, set by Spencer Suderman on March 20, 2016, flying an experimental variant of

6555-511: The other hand, the Cornfield Bomber was a case where the ejection of the pilot shifted the center of gravity enough to let the now-empty aircraft self-recover from a spin and land itself. In purpose-built aerobatic aircraft, spins may be intentionally flattened through the application of power and aileron within a normal spin. Rotation rates experienced are dramatic and can exceed 400 degrees per second in an attitude that may even have

6650-402: The others injured as a result of the fall, a distance of about 10 feet (3 m). Beachey's plane crashed in a nearby field but he managed to walk away from the wreckage with minor injuries. (A coroner's jury ruled the death of the 20-year-old woman as accidental. ) Beachey became an aviation superstar: In one year, 17 million people saw him fly. At the time, the population of the United States

6745-408: The pitot tube, or stagnation pressure , and the static pressure . The pitot tube is mounted facing forward; the static pressure is frequently detected at static ports on one or both sides of the aircraft. Sometimes both pressure sources are combined in a single probe, a pitot-static tube . The static pressure measurement is subject to error due to inability to place the static ports at positions where

6840-428: The preferred recover technique has a pilot applying full roll control in the direction of the rotation ( i.e. , a right-hand spin requires a right stick input), generally remembered as "stick into the spin". Likewise, this control application is reversed for inverted spins. The characteristics of an airplane with respect to spinning are significantly influenced by the position of the center of gravity . In general terms,

6935-418: The pressure is true static pressure at all airspeeds and attitudes. The correction for this error is the position error correction (PEC) and varies for different aircraft and airspeeds. Further errors of 10% or more are common if the airplane is flown in "uncoordinated" flight. Indicated airspeed is a better measure of power required and lift available than true airspeed. Therefore, IAS is used for controlling

7030-473: The restricted category. As an example of an agricultural airplane, see the Cessna AG series . To make some sailplanes spin easily for training purposes or demonstrations, a spin kit is available from the manufacturer. Many training aircraft may appear resistant to entering a spin, even though some are intentionally designed and certified for spins. A well-known example of an aircraft designed to spin readily

7125-407: The rudder (i.e., a cross-control). If the aircraft manufacturer provides a specific procedure for spin recovery, that procedure must be used. Otherwise, to recover from an upright spin, the following generic procedure may be used: Power is first reduced to idle and the ailerons are neutralized. Then, full opposite rudder (that is, against the yaw) is added and held to counteract the spin rotation, and

7220-515: The school, went on to teach this technique to all of his students, quickly disseminating it among the Russian aviators and beyond. In 1917, the English physicist Frederick Lindemann conducted a series of experiments in a B.E.2E that led to the first understanding of the aerodynamics of the spin. In Britain, starting in 1917, spin recovery procedures were routinely taught by flight instructors at

7315-450: The slots are located ahead of the ailerons, they provide strong resistance to stalling and may even leave the airplane incapable of spinning. The flight control systems of some gliders and recreational aircraft are designed so that when the pilot moves the elevator control close to its fully aft position, as in low speed flight and flight at high angle of attack , the trailing edges of both ailerons are automatically raised slightly so that

7410-410: The speed of an aircraft as shown on its pitot static airspeed indicator calibrated to reflect standard atmosphere adiabatic compressible flow at sea level uncorrected for airspeed system errors. An airspeed indicator is a differential pressure gauge with the pressure reading expressed in units of speed, rather than pressure. The airspeed is derived from the difference between the ram air pressure from

7505-417: The spin does not simply cross from positive to negative (or vice versa) and that a too-rapid application of elevator control is avoided as it may cause aerodynamic blanketing of the rudder rendering the control ineffective and simply accelerate the spin. The converse, however, may not be true at all—many cases exist where Beggs/Mueller fails to recover the airplane from the spin, but NASA Standard/PARE terminates

7600-445: The spin. Before spinning any aircraft, a pilot should consult the flight manual to establish if the particular aircraft type has any specific spin recovery techniques that differ from standard practice. A pilot can induce a flat spin once the spin is established by applying full opposite aileron to the direction of rotation—hence, the requirement to neutralize ailerons in the normal spin recovery technique. The aileron application creates

7695-425: The stall, then pulling out of the dive without exceeding the maximum permitted airspeed ( VNE ) or maximum G loading . The maximum G loading for a light airplane in the normal category is usually 3.8 G. For a light airplane in the acrobatic category it is usually at least 6 G. Airspeed In aviation , airspeed is the speed of an aircraft relative to the air it is flying through (which itself

7790-736: The static port) and installation errors. Calibrated airspeed values less than the speed of sound at standard sea level (661.4788 knots) are calculated as follows: V c = a 0 ( 2 γ − 1 ) [ ( q c p 0 + 1 ) γ − 1 γ − 1 ] {\displaystyle V_{c}=a_{0}{\sqrt {{\bigg (}{\frac {2}{\gamma -1}}{\bigg )}{\Bigg [}{\bigg (}{\frac {q_{c}}{p_{0}}}+1{\bigg )}^{\frac {\gamma -1}{\gamma }}-1{\Bigg ]}}}} minus position and installation error correction. This expression

7885-407: The stick, and turning into the spin, with no effect. The aircraft descended 450 feet (140 m), and horrified observers expected a fatal crash. Though disabled by centrifugal forces, Parke still sought an escape. In an effort to neutralize the forces pinning him against the right side of the cockpit, he applied full right rudder, and the aircraft leveled out 50 feet (15 m) above the ground. With

7980-477: The surface of the Niagara River , he flew his plane under the bridge, and down the length of the gorge. At the 1911 Chicago International Aviation Meet , after coming in second in the fast climb event, Beachey entered a steep dive, and then flew alongside a locomotive, first on one side of the passenger cars, then on the other, before placing his wheels on top, hopping from one car to the next. Winning

8075-525: The tail stall and so rudder input is ineffective to slow/stop rotation. Recovery is initiated by maintaining pro-spin elevator and rudder and applying full aileron into the spin. Differential drag now lowers the nose returning the plane to a normal spin from which the PARE technique is used to exit the maneuver. Although entry techniques are similar, modern military fighter aircraft often tend to require yet another variation on spin recovery techniques. While power

8170-412: The tendency is to pitch down (nose-heavy) when it stalls, then the aircraft is likely to recover on its own. However, if the tendency is to pitch up (tail-heavy) when it stalls, the aircraft will likely transition into a flat spin where stall recovery would be delayed, or it may not be recoverable at all. Before practicing spins, one recommended method is to determine the aircraft's stall tendency by doing

8265-419: The type and model of aircraft being flown but there are general procedures applicable to most aircraft. These include reducing power to idle and simultaneously raising the nose to induce an upright stall. Then, as the aircraft approaches stall, apply full rudder in the desired spin direction while holding full back-elevator pressure for an upright spin. Sometimes a roll input is applied in the direction opposite of

8360-513: The whole world". On 3 March 1887, Lincoln Beachey was born in San Francisco, and in 1903, first rode in a tethered balloon . In 1905, Lincoln and his older brother Hillery signed a contract with Thomas Scott Baldwin to fly his dirigible at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition . On 10 September 1906, the Beachey brothers flew their dirigible around Washington, D.C. , with Lincoln landing on

8455-520: The wing tip, so that the wing root stalls first, reducing the severity of the wing drop at the stall and possibly also allowing the ailerons to remain somewhat effective until the stall migrates outward toward the wing tip. One method of tailoring such stall behavior is known as washout . Some designers of recreational aircraft seek to develop an aircraft that is characteristically incapable of spinning, even in an uncoordinated stall . Some airplanes have been designed with fixed leading edge slots . Where

8550-531: Was a pioneer American aviator and barnstormer . He became famous and wealthy from flying exhibitions, staging aerial stunts, helping invent aerobatics , and setting aviation records. He was known as The Man Who Owns the Sky, and sometimes the Master Birdman . Beachey was acknowledged even by his competitors as "The World's Greatest Aviator". He was "known by sight to hundreds of thousands and by name to

8645-451: Was able to exit spins at will, according to Harry Bruno in Wings over America (1944). In August 1912, Lieutenant Wilfred Parke RN became the first aviator to recover from an accidental spin when his Avro Type G biplane entered a spin at 700 feet (210 m) AGL in the traffic pattern at Larkhill . Parke attempted to recover from the spin by increasing engine speed, pulling back on

8740-442: Was either moderately flat or flat. Recovery from the flatter of the two modes was usually less reliable or impossible. When the center of gravity was further aft, the spin was flatter and the recovery was less reliable. For all tests, the center of gravity of the model was at either 14.5% of mean aerodynamic chord (MAC) or 25.5% of MAC. Single-engine airplane types certified in the normal category must be demonstrated to recover from

8835-402: Was indirectly responsible for the deaths of several young aviators who had tried to emulate his stunts. In May, he would cite twenty-four fatalities, all of whom were "like brothers" to him. Beachey went into the real estate business for a time, until Curtiss reluctantly agreed to build a stunt plane powerful enough to do the inside loop. Beachey returned and, on October 7, took the plane up in

8930-551: Was just 90 million people. His achievements include inventing figure 8s and the vertical drop. He was also the first pilot to achieve terminal velocity by flying straight toward the ground. On 24 November 1913, he flew an Inside loop , first flying upside down, and then flying repetitive loops over San Diego Bay . Beachey stated afterwards, "The silent Reaper of Souls and I shook hands that day." On 3 March 1914, Beachey formed his own company, with Bill Pickens as promoter, and Warren Eaton as aircraft designer and builder. After flying

9025-489: Was upon it. On 26 November 1914 outside San Diego, according to Marrero, " Lincoln Beachey demonstrated the military use of airplanes by cropping sacks of flour on a ship, while Bill Pickens, his promotional wizard, set off charges to produce 'special effects' of black smoke." Beachey made his final flight at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition . Prior to the exposition, in 1914, he had

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