Re: Post your spin training encouragement / success stories
I just got my spin signoff last week and it felt great! It took me 2 flights because i was real rusty w/ the 152 and with flying in general. The first time we went up I just got disoriented and wasn't able to recover fast enough or correctly. I found what helps is to talk yourself through the procedure outloud, and don't think about what is going on: "OH CRAP IM IN A SPIN," or anything like that. I was also having trouble getting into a spin on the first attempt because i wasn't holding the controls through the first 2 turns. full back elevator, full L/R rudder. Again, to prevent freaking out I just told myself to just hold the controls, & count the number of times a road/building/pond/ any reference point comes into view. Since I was supposed to let it spin at least twice, counting the turns was important.
When you take it apart like that it was pretty easy, and after being able to establish / recover from 2 spins in each direction, I was good to go.
One cool thing I noticed is how when you are in the spin, the G forces on your body feel just like straight and level flight. Just like it says in several books, the forces on the airplane are 1G. I didn't believe that until I actually felt it. What does create the G force feeling is the recovery. pulling up from the dive puts you into your seat pretty good. It happens so fast it might be hard to distinguish between the 2, but the spin part is definitely just 1G.
