In article <jrp.724915085@wombaj.kowari.cpsg.com.au>, jrp@bohra.cpg.oz.au (John Pitman) writes:
|> Hi there,
|> One observation that should be added about decathlons is that they do not
|> recover from spins well - that is they have to be flown out, they wont recover
|> with just neutralization of controls - you need to give opposite rudder etc
|> to get them out. This is true of full size as well as models I am told.
|> I once saw a guy bury two in one day (neither of them his own) despite being
|> told about this attribute in advance!
|> jp
Come on now, what is so special about a Decatholon? Even a pattern plane does not normally need to be flown out of a spin it is typically enough to relax controls and the spin stops and a slow spiral results. My guess is that the guys that are piling in Decatholons would also pile in a Cub. Besides the Decatholon has some dehedral does it not?