6. Aerobatic Lesson Plan - Competition Spins & Inadvertent Spins
Pilot: Date:
Schedule: Equipment Required:
Preflight Instruction .30 Aerobatic Airplane
CFI Demo .30 Aircraft POH
Directed Pilot Application & Practice .75 Parachutes
Postflight critique .15 Weather Briefing
Total 1.50 Model airplane
Objective: Spins
Student should exhibit proper knowledge and use of controls in incipient spins, normal upright spins and accelerated spins. Student should understand difference in competition upright spins and inadvertent spins - Can recover from both spins in safe manner and minimum, altitude loss - Throttle Closed, Hands Off Stick, Push "Heavy" Rudder Pedal
Select safe altitude - no less than 5000 feet AGL
Establish slow flight for normal spinsq
Recognize incipient stalls, note control input to maintain stalled descent
Use proper spin entry, and stop on heading +/- 45 degrees
Recover to straight & level flight
Elements
Proper Airspeed controlq
Proper throttle position - CLOSED
Minimum safe altitude awareness - >5,000' AGL
Flight control utilization and coordination - during spin
Proper division of attention
Forces acting on aircraft and controls
Proper use of rudder and elevator during recovery
Stall recognition
Spin direction recognition
Common Errors
No spin - spiral dive
Failure to recover from spin: Throttle Closed, Hands Off Stick, Push "Heavy" Rudder Pedal
Accelerating spin with aileron & elevator
Loss of spatial awareness, disorientation
Secondary stall/spin during recovery
Recovery off heading
Instructor Actions
At 5000' AGL slow aircraft to slow flight
Demonstrate proper spin entry: At stall, full back stick, right (or left) rudder, neutral aileronq
Count spin segment by 1/4s or 1/2s; perform 1, 1¼ , 1½, 2 turn competition spins, and multiple turn inadvertent spins
Competition Spins: Recover from spin on heading, establish vertical, recover to level flight
Inadvertent Spins: Throttle Closed, Hands Off Stick, Push "Heavy" Rudder Pedal; when spin stops, slowly recover to level flight
Conduct a post flight critique to review procedures, techniques and preview the next lesson
Pilot Actions
Participate in discussion of objective, listen, ask questions
Preview this outline prior to the flight lesson
Practice and experience spins including incipient spins, competition spins - right & left
Practice inadvertent spin recovery
Completion Standards
Pilot can explain and demonstrate spins including proper competition spin entry and recovery from spin on proper heading. Pilot can explain & demonstrate inadvertent spin recovery - Throttle Closed, Hands Off Stick, Push "Heavy" Rudder Pedal