14 Spirals

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SPIRALS

EXERCISE 14

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OUTLINE
Objective Purpose Background Knowledge What is a spiral Procedure Safety Consideration Review

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OBJECTIVES
To learn and recognize the conditions which could lead to a spiral
Focus is on recognitions and recovery

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PURPOSE
Can be quite dangerous due to the rapid increase in airspeed and possible structural damage
It is important to understand how to correctly recover from a spiral

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BEFORE WE CONTINUE
Do you remember what a spin is and how to enter and recover from a spin What is a stall, under what circumstances can we stall the airplane VNE
What is the value for your specific airplane What is important in terms of operation of the airplane with regards to VNE

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WHAT IS A SPIRAL
A steep descending turn in which the airplane is in an excessively nose down attitude This kind of sounds like a spin so far doesn'tt it ?

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PROCEDURE
Entry
Only to be performed by your instructor or examiner HASEL Power to 1500 RPM Pitch to maintain altitude Slow the airplane down to approximately 60 KAIS Roll the airplane into a steep bank Allow the nose to pitch down

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PROCEDURE
During
Note the excessive nose down attitude and increasing airspeed Instrument indications

Recovery

ASI, altimeter, turn coordinator, heading indicator, vertical speed indicator

Throttle idle Roll the wings level using your ailerons

Slowly increase backpressure on the control column to break out of what is now a dive Set pitch attitude for a safe climb and add power once airspeed has decreased into the normal operating range

How come with spirals we use ailerons and with spins and stalls we use rudder

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CONSIDERATIONS
Why not recover all at once rather than step by step, would we be able to recover faster that way Can you think of any possible situations in which you may inadvertently induce a stall during the recovery

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SAFETY
Preventative medicine is the best kind of medicine
Always maintain situational awareness

If you do inadvertently enter a spin, do the appropriate recovery step by step


Avoid structural damage

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REVIEW AND QUESTIONS

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