Flat Spin with C172 in X-Plane inside view

Flat Spin with C172 in X-Plane simulator. Only way to recover such a falling plane is to get the nose down and force it to fall even faster to get the airplane to fly and then pull a flying plane up to complete the recovery. In the flat spin the angle between air flow and wing of the falling airplane is nearly 90 degrees, but wing is able to fly at 16 degrees or less, so you must force the wing to become parallel with airflow, which means nose full down.

There are quite many distracting factors though - airplane is spinning violently, the altimeter is counting down fast and you must push the nose down, so the altitude will decrease even faster but this is the only hope or you might hit your belly hard.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• C172
• Flat
• Spin
• X-Plane

[stuartmduncan1]

A 172 won't spin like that. Not unless you put an anvil in the luggage compartment. :)

[wigrysystems]

@stuartmduncan1 Kept yoke full aft, to force the tail down. So it was intentional to force the plane into flat spin.

[mechan9]

Is that the default 172 you're flying?

[wigrysystems]

@mechan9 Yep, thats the V9 default C172. Handles well don't you think :) Many claim that this plane is over sensitive but in a situation like this you need all the control authority to get yourself out of this situation.

[tiemji]

Just great. For thursday i have a presentation to do about stall spin. The more infos i have, the more it's good for me. Thanks for sharing!!

[wigrysystems]

Actually got an idea to make such a movie from two places. The first was from an Aviation Safety magazine latest issue thet had an article about spins and there was a lot of useful information. And the second was to verify improved X-Plane modelling engine that Austin was bragging about since 9.30 :) Also as I recently passed aerodynamics exams for my PPL license, then I know the spin aerodynamics pretty well.

[stuartmduncan1]

@wigrysystems I appreciate that. I'm just saying that a 172 won't spin like that in real life. You can get one to go over 2 or 3 times if you cross the controls and mash the throttle at the stall, but they're too stable to stay stalled in a spin.

[swissxplane]

well done, it his hard not to crash when it is spinning like that!