Three questions on flat spins

[Crispus222]

Originally Posted by Roboslob

Well recovery is possible, as demonstarted here:

But like you mentioned his CoG was clearly to the front as his nose is already point down slightly. What I experianced was much the same, but without the happy ending. (Or recovery the first time)

You know what he did... I can see how this would recover but it is still by pure luck... He cut the engine completely in hopes that without the power the nose would drop, which it did, and just in time to. Sadly, because the altitude which it finally recovered was so low, he could not execute a proper forced approach and the plane crashed. This was a lucky recovery! The problem with a completely flat spin is that there are no aerodynamic forces working on any control surfaces, making any control inputs useless... Good find though!