48 Rotation Spin

48 rotation upright spin over the fillmore valley in California. I entered the spin at 13,500 feet and recovered at 4,500. This aircraft is a pitts special S1S built in 1976. Let me know what you think.
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[evanbyrne]

Very cool, are you based out of santa paula? I'm a student pilot and i fly out of santa paula frequently. Did you carry in any power to "flatten" it out?

[malangstonjr]

I base the airplane out of Van Nuys. It was based in Santa Paula for years and I enjoy flying out there.

I carried only a small amount of power (about 1300 RPM) to keep it flat and stable.

Thanks for watching

[stefanorso]

The problem of the spin is always the same: unless the rudder maintains its efficiency, interrupting the rotation can result impossible. Is 100% certain that an aerobatic aircraft gets alwasy out of the spin within 1 or 2 spins?

Do you train yourself even using a simulator?

Good Bye

[malangstonjr]

I took some spin training with Dennis Brown out of Redlands in a Pitts S2A and then just worked up my number of rotations until I was comfortable with my ability to not get disoriented.

Thanks for watching.

[stefanorso]

Does the Pitts get out of the rotation immediately after you push the counter-pedal?

Do you have an angle of attack indicator installed on the aircraft?

Somewhere I read that the Pitts is an aircraft difficult to handle: do you confirm this judgement?

P.s. Fantastic manouver!

[malangstonjr]

My S1S is a very stable platform to spin and it does come out of the spin within about 1 1/2 rotations when opposite rudder is applied.

There is no AOA indicator installed.

I think that with proper training the Pitts family of airplanes are fun if they are respected. I don't find mine to have difficult handling properties.

[Avatar230594]

To try and prove you wrong was futile I just lost count

[danusia115]

thanks for making me dizzy.

[95concours]

Man, I'd be throwing up after 15! 

[jeremypenuta]

looks fun

[shredjoe1]

Wow, I got dizzy just watching this; how did you recover the aircraft? Cool piece of flying dude!

[DerPilotMann]

I want a Pitts now =( They are so cool! Just a damn fun aircraft.

[freedomdreamers]

AWESOM!! I have just started my aerobatics and they dont let me do more than 3 turns !!lol

[HAIONSTRESS]

Whoa, thats fantastic!! nice flying, beautiful airplane

[pdutube]

Wow! Awesome! If it wasn't for the valley below you I never would have been able to count the rotations! I noticed out spin aileron on the way down, was that to wind it up a bit?

[FinkelBlog]

Great video! Two questions:

1. what's the difference between an upright spin and a garden-variety spin?

2. after that many rotations, is there a danger of getting so dizzy that it would be difficult for the pilot to execute the recovery procedures?