Overview
Unless you intentionally spin a glider as part of an aerobatic routine, you are most likely to enter a spin inadvertently, either while working a thermal or while maneuvering close to the ground (low altitude save or low & slow while landing).
If you enter a spin from sufficient altitude, you will need to know how to recover. At low altitude, there is no time to recover from a spin, so your best bet is to avoid entering the spin in the first place by recognizing the warning signs.
Prerequisites
Stall Recognition and Recovery
Documents
| Study Guide | Pending | |||
| Condor | ||||
| Flight Plan | Smooth_Air.fpl | |||
| Replay | Spin_Recognition_and_Recovery.rpy | |||
| Spinning_Out_of_a_Thermal.rpy | ||||
Reading/Work Assignment:
| Flight Training Manual for Gliders – Holtz | ||||||
| Lessons | 4.22 | Incipient Spin Recognition and Recovery | ||||
| 4.23 | Spin Recognition and Recovery | |||||