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Offline amariani

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uncontrolable spins
« on: October 07, 2004, 12:37:06 PM »
Does anybody have an idea why I always end up in an uncontrolable spin every time I try to pull hi-g manuvers? This happens to me with almost every airplane. And I keep getting the "Do not move your controls so rapidly" message followed by total loss of control even when I try a slow turn.

Offline Blooz

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« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2004, 01:15:21 PM »
I'm guessing your altitude is very high when this happens.

Above 20k feet the air is too thin to hold your plane up in violent maneuvers. You'll need to go easy on the stick up there.

Down low where the air is thicker you can yank and bank all day long.
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« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2004, 01:21:12 PM »
You probably need to re-calibrate and adjust your deadband settings a bit.  The "do not move.." message indicates that the software is detecting very frequent movement of your stick (it has limits on that).  If you are not moving your stick in that fashion, it might just be that the center area on your stick is not really steady and the system is simply picking up accidental, or very minor. movement and limiting you as a result.  A little more deadband tends to take that away and you shouldn't get that message unless you are really yanking your stick all over the place (which is what the code was meant to address).

If you are spinning when coming out of high G maneuvers, I'm thinking you are pulling too hard and getting departure from the flight envelope.  That is normal, you can't typically use all of your control input or you would depart from controlled flight (you over control the aircraft).  Listen for the stall horn (make sure you have the volume turned up enough to hear it) and use that as your guide.  If you hear it start to "buzz" then you know you are starting to push the limits of what your aircraft is capable of.