Sunday, December 14, 2008


We are nearing Christmas and things have been busy for our family. The only activity on my Midget Mustang has been to explore the spin characteristics of the plane by corresponding with another Midget flyer who regularly spins his plane, as well as doing other aerobatics. His experience will help me greatly when I finally get back into the air. As it turns out, the plane enters spins easily using standard spin entry techniques, but the recovery is a little different. Instead of using full opposite rudder, the Midget requires just enough opposite rudder to stop the rotation. Full deflection will flip the plane into a spin in the opposite direction. In addition, spinning over 3 turns is not recommended because the spin gets very fast. Our weather here is fine for this time of the year, but we have about 7" of snow on the ground and runway. There will be no flying for awhile. I couldn't even get to the runway to take a picture, but you can see what our house looked like.