I guess it’s considered an integral (safety) feature and allowing some planes to fly with expired/deactivated/removed or whatever chute is a can of worms.
(wrong thread)
Graham wrote:
Or is the rumour true that it wouldn’t have passed certification on spin recovery if it didn’t have the chute?
Just ask your favourite CSIP FI to do you a wing drop demo not Cirrus specific though, load of touring types should not go anywhere near a spin !
Graham wrote:
Or is the rumour true that it wouldn’t have passed certification on spin recovery if it didn’t have the chute?
I heard it is not true – after SRxx were certified in the US with ELOS (Equivalent Levels Of Safety), in Europe it was not acceptable so apparently Cirrus demonstrated that it can successfully recover from spin…
arj1 wrote:
Cirrus demonstrated that it can successfully recover from spin
Yes it surely does, it has an elevator & rudder but most Cirrus instructors will not do you asymetric stall, loaded turn stall, wing drops…the SR2x approved transition training covers power off/on stall, autpilot stall and slow flight plus steep turns, there are no accelerated stalls, incipient spins, wing drops…but you can try yourself in spare time, the backup plan is the approved BRS procedure
To be fair, it’s the same thing in most non-aero touring types, you won’t see many people spining TBx0, even stalls gets ugly…
Ibra wrote:
you won’t see many people spining TBx0, even stalls gets ugly…
I’m not for a moment going to try and spin the TB10 because it isn’t approved for it, but the stall is totally benign. It’s almost impossible to get it to do anything, so I imagine that to spin it accidentally you’d have to get seriously careless.