Hello Bill,
 -=> Quoting Bill Wunsch to Joe Norris <=-
 BW> Well then I would say what I saw on TV news (210 going
 BW> in) was a normal spin, not flat.
Though there's been lots of discussion of this accident,
I've yet to see the video.  So, I can't say for sure just
what kind of spin the 210 might have been in.
 BW> From what I have read in the past, if you get into a
 BW> flat spin with some four place aircraft fully loaded,
 BW> it may be impossible to get out without resorting to
 BW> full power.  Now if the centrifugal forces starve the
 BW> engine of fuel...
Well, I don't know.  Every airplane I've ever spun would
react the opposite of that.  Power in the spin makes the
spin go FLATTER.  Not what you usually want (unless you're
Wayne Handly doing flat spins at the airshow!).  Now, an old
friend of mine had a Swallow biplane MANY years ago, which
was powered by an OX-5 V-8 engine.  It had a radiator
mounted right in front, and a radiator cap at the top of the
cowling.  My friend said this monster would spin with the
radiator cap ABOVE the horizon!!   He said he had to
cycle the power and the elevator to "rock" the plane out of
the spin!  Not what I'd call fun actually, but way back then
they didn't really know any better.
Fly Safe!
Joe Norris
... We're in Aviation for the Glory, not the Money...good thing!
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