Inverted25
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I was referring to the first few times I flew it, it felt like it dropped like a rock compared to the Cessnas. No problem greasing them now but I usually hold at least 1500rpm till short final before pulling power.
If you read up about the spin chararterstics of 150/152 they dont really spin. Instead they enter into a spiral dive after one turn and gain speed very fast. .
Not if you keep full power in for 4-5 turns.
why would you do that?
It depends on the plane. The Mooney M20J Manual states you will lose 2000ft in a ONE full rotation spin.
Basically its telling you that your airplane will fall like a rock Same thing with my cherokee. Do to the hershey bar wings if it loses lift it drops like a rock. Theres no such thing as a power off greasier landing.
If you read up about the spin chararterstics of 150/152 they dont really spin. Instead they enter into a spiral dive after one turn and gain speed very fast. http://www.mpaviation.com/lesson9.htm (good site talking bout the difficulty of spinning a 152) In a true spin the nose of the aircraft will be going up and down gentially and rotation will be stabilzed while the speed will remain low. I would suggest finding a airplane that can go into a true spin not a spiral dive to learn spin recovery.
The one that the primary instructor did was entered by cross control at stall and the airspeed was very close to red line in the end.
He screwed that one up.
What did he do wrong?
Er, it was removed from PPL training in 1949. That was probably prior to the PTS era, which is most likely Surreal's point.
why would you do that?