26 Turn Flat Spin in a Tipsy Nipper

The spin was supposed to be a normal erect spin to the right, but for various unintentional reasons the spin went flat, up until that point I had never flat spun an aircraft. I eventualy mananged to get the aircraft into a normal erect spin from which I was able to recover. This aircraft is not fitted with an electric starter motor, so I was unable to restart the engine. During the "flare" to land the main undercarriage caught the top wires of a barbed wire fence that was invisible to me. After coming to rest inverted I waited 20mins for the rescue services to come and right the aircraft so I was able to exit via the outward opening canopy. The aircraft rotated 26 times total, I was extremely dissorientated after the recovery to straight and level flight, and was unable to read the instruments. From the video I estimate I recovered at about 700ft from an entry altitude of 3500ft. If you listen carefully you will hear me say:"I think this is it". At that stage I did not think I would be able to recover. However I continued to try various control inputs based on the aircraft attitude and rotational rate, which eventually effected a recovery.
My thanks go to the emergency services that found me and allowed my escape.

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[mocatx]

OK wasn’t expecting that. I am a pilot and with all due respect please warn people it is a crash, I hate seeing this stuff. Your video says spin. Well done you for keeping cool and so glad you are ok.

No offence intended by my comment.

[phil656565]

Wow, thats scary. How did you retain conciousness? Great recovery and glad your ok!

[Megalodon64]

i did a flat spin test on a flight simulator and i heard the right way to do it was wings neutral,throttle idle, and opposite rudder. Well I applied full throttle, opposite rudder, nose down and to the opposite direction,(diagonally) and the spin recovered much faster. I used a stopwatch to measure the time and the normal spin was 11.00 while the alternative way was 3.68. So thats 7.32 seconds of differance

[XxJorshxX]

I would have pooped all over myselfonce I had a chane to realize I was safe on the ground. lol. Glad everything turned out ok.

[FoardenotFord]

Holy shit that was scary. Nice recovery and thank God you're alright.

[Ziggyz0m]

@mocatx In the description it notes "This aircraft is not fitted with an electric starter motor, so I was unable to restart the engine. During the "flare" to land the main undercarriage caught the top wires of a barbed wire fence that was invisible to me. After coming to rest inverted" :) Also a pilot here, man what a wake up call to buckle down on keeping spin recovery fresh in my mind...

[DjShivy]

Amazing airmanship, glad you made it out okay.

[modwebby]

i guess you survived because you didn't fully panic, well done, and good job, when i se the images of that spin i think it must of felt so badly fast, does it gives allot of g's on u or totally no g's at all?

[TheFr3sh1]

I PLEDGE TO STAY ABOVE STALL SPEED AT ALL TIMES!

[gliderpilot778]

I'm impressed!

[smartestmanonnet]

So you gave up flying after, right?

[egarz152]

I always think of the song Moves Like Jagger when i see a flat spin