Stall and Spin in Islander

[Guest ozzie]

This won't help your reputation as a jump pilot!

 

 

 

[Spin]

Geez, they got a bit more than they bargained for there! I must dig around in my old magazines, there is a photo of something like a LET 410 spinning amongst the jumpers who have just bailed:ah_oh:

 

 

[facthunter]

Drop plane stall /spin.

 

It is a poor effort. With power off there is a margin above stall to maintain. Might only be 3 to 5 knots, but active rudder is needed too. I've only done it in mainly C-182's with 3 people out on the strut RH U/C leg, hanging on. Lots of LH rudder required. The situation shown here would not have had so much assymetric drag, and there is no doubt that the plane( I guess a BN-2) went ino a fully developed spin. Good illustration of the need for whatever happens, "fly the bastard". Nev

 

 

[CraigRat]

Interesting that it looks like hes holding the stick right back during the spin (to my inexperienced eye anyway)... it's no wonder it lasted so long!

 

Crazy!

 

 

[Riley]

Guess it would have made bigger news if jumpers 5 & 6 had suffered any sort of a Janet-Jackson-type 'wardrobe malfunction' on the way down after bouncing off the landing gear on their departure.

 

 

[Guest ozzie]

I noticed the backstick during the spin. I have done heaps of jumps from Islanders and they are pretty stable. Done a few hours on ferry flights and done a few stalls with them even asymetric they are easy to handle. when you power off just reduce the power on the left and if need be come up on the right a bit. they stall indicated around 67kts empty 72 loaded from memory. always best to have the speed and heading sorted out before powering off. Someone on board knew what was going on you hear them yell out that they are in a spin. the poor sod still near the door after it recovers mutters "what happened". best not to ask but get the hell out. if he over recovered it would have gone the other way and probably lost the rest of the remaining hight and spinning the other way you would not have a chance to get out. looks like they were around 6 grand when it started and not much over 2 grand when he caught it.

 

3 complete turns maybe 4. Hope the pilot bought his case of beer for the lads.