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Hi All
I haven't posted here for quite some time, I've been fairly busy and have been a little distracted.
I was wondering what everyone's opinions are on performing spins in a Cub?
Here in Australia, I have recently gained my pilots' licence in the recreation category (LSA). Under the recreational category, spins are not allowed.
In my opinion, and please understand that I only have 85 hrs flying time in the J3, so my opinion might be incorrect, however, I believe that handing out a pilots' licence to someone who has not spun a plane and therefore, cannot instantly input the correct controls in order to effect an immediate recovery, is, in my humble opinion, absolutely insane.
That being said, if there's something I'm missing, I welcome being enlightened.
Furthermore, I've asked some of the more senior pilots at my club if they would teach me to spin in my Cub, they have all said that they wouldn't, simply because a 1939 J3 should not be performing spins, because there could be airframe issues.
Initially, I kind of agreed with this sentiment, however, after thinking about it, I developed the opinion, that if you aren't comfortable spinning a plane because of ''airframe age'', then you really should probably not be flying that plane at all.
I've had my fuse X-rayed, there is no corrosion and the Cub was restored in 2003, I'd feel completely comfortable spinning it, if I had the right training, but it's not something that I want to learn by myself.
Is there a whole facet of my flying skill missing because I'm not spin proficient?
I think that if you're not comfortable recovering from a fully developed spin, then you have no hope in hell of recovering from a moose stall on base to final.
I guess my core concern is that being spin proficient has real world flying implications. If I'm not spin proficient, then what else is lacking in my training? I'd rather not find out the hard way.
Cheers
I haven't posted here for quite some time, I've been fairly busy and have been a little distracted.
I was wondering what everyone's opinions are on performing spins in a Cub?
Here in Australia, I have recently gained my pilots' licence in the recreation category (LSA). Under the recreational category, spins are not allowed.
In my opinion, and please understand that I only have 85 hrs flying time in the J3, so my opinion might be incorrect, however, I believe that handing out a pilots' licence to someone who has not spun a plane and therefore, cannot instantly input the correct controls in order to effect an immediate recovery, is, in my humble opinion, absolutely insane.
That being said, if there's something I'm missing, I welcome being enlightened.
Furthermore, I've asked some of the more senior pilots at my club if they would teach me to spin in my Cub, they have all said that they wouldn't, simply because a 1939 J3 should not be performing spins, because there could be airframe issues.
Initially, I kind of agreed with this sentiment, however, after thinking about it, I developed the opinion, that if you aren't comfortable spinning a plane because of ''airframe age'', then you really should probably not be flying that plane at all.
I've had my fuse X-rayed, there is no corrosion and the Cub was restored in 2003, I'd feel completely comfortable spinning it, if I had the right training, but it's not something that I want to learn by myself.
Is there a whole facet of my flying skill missing because I'm not spin proficient?
I think that if you're not comfortable recovering from a fully developed spin, then you have no hope in hell of recovering from a moose stall on base to final.
I guess my core concern is that being spin proficient has real world flying implications. If I'm not spin proficient, then what else is lacking in my training? I'd rather not find out the hard way.
Cheers
