Jimmy Franklin when he was still alive used to do the most incredible fully developed flat spin on the airshow circuit. That 985 was screaming the smoke was thick and it looked like he was going to die every time he did it.

I've watched him recover at less than 500 feet on one occasion. It was truly one of the few airshow acts that would scare me every time I watched it. For me it was an emotional event to witness. I can't imagine what it must feel like from inside the cockpit! I HATE doing hard negative maneuvers...

He is the guy flying the Waco JMF-7 both the red one and the black one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...B6BD02CD6F7&index=50



The man was a true master at his craft!

that'd be a bad way to die, but at least it'd be quick!

friar

I can get carsick on a freeway. This stuff always just floors me when I think of the pilot's spatial awareness skills.

Don't do any of this stuff anymore, after my spinal fusion, but it was fun in the day.

My favorite were the vertical inside then outside snap roll combo in my Pitts S2a.

The last shot in the video was of a model airplane.

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Originally posted by f224:
Don't do any of this stuff anymore, after my spinal fusion, but it was fun in the day.

My favorite were the vertical inside then outside snap roll combo in my Pitts S2a.

The last shot in the video was of a model airplane.

The most nauseating thing I've ever watched was a video of a pair of spin-recovery demonstrations done in a Replica Fokker DR.1 Triplane.

Followed by an UNsuccessful recovery...

The pilot completed two runs and recovered close enough to the ground to scare the ants in their nest, one upright and one inverted flat spin. when he attempted to recover from an outside Yaw spun the aircraft flipped into an inverted flat spin too low to recover.

the fortunate thing was that when the aircraft hit the ground it was only doing about 25Kts.

The aircraft was of course destroyed but the pilot survived.


I'd love to see that video again but I cannot find it or any other reference to it, if anyone can locate it I'd appreciate a link...

I can think of a lot of aircraft suitable for demonstrating spin recovery techniques, but at the bottom of any list you could create would be the Fokker DR.1, Mig15, and the U2 (you'd never get that far with a U2 because getting outside a narrow AoA "Window" causes the aircraft to simply break-up in flight)

Alan: At least the U2 has an ejection seat!

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Originally posted by f224:
Alan: At least the U2 has an ejection seat!

Yes and if you get outside the vary narrow
acceptable AoA range in a U2 the wings snap off and the fuselage becomes a nice stable "lawn dart" for the uncomfortable part of the trip to the ground from FL800

Unless one of the wings manages to amputate the empanage as it is departing in which case your trip to the ground has all the grace and elegance of a free falling garbage pail

ejecting from a tumbling chunk is easier said than done.
presuming the initial breakup of the aircraft left you with your senses.