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Dynamics of a light aircraft in spin

Zdobyslaw Jan Goraj, Alfred Q. R. Baron, Jan Kacprzyk

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Abstract

This paper focuses mainly on the experimental and in‐flight spin investigations for an executive light airplane, named I‐23 and built in the Institute of Aviation (Warsaw, Poland). It is a single‐engine, all composite, straight wing, retractable undercarriage, conventional configuration and flight control system airplane. In‐flight spin tests confirmed good rudder and elevator effectiveness for spin recovery in a wide range of positions of the center of gravity. A typical time history of a spin entry and the developed spin and recovery is shown as well.

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This paper focuses mainly on the experimental and in‐flight spin investigations for an executive light airplane, named I‐23 and built in the Institute of Aviation (Warsaw, Poland). It is a single‐engine, all composite, straight wing, retractable undercarriage, conventional configuration and flight control system airplane. In‐flight spin tests confirmed good rudder and elevator effectiveness for spin recovery in a wide range of positions of the center of gravity. A typical time history of a spin entry and the developed spin and recovery is shown as well.

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This paper focuses mainly on the experimental and in‐flight spin investigations for an executive light airplane, named I‐23 and built in the Institute of Aviation (Warsaw, Poland). It is a single‐engine, all composite, straight wing, retractable undercarriage, conventional configuration and flight control system airplane. In‐flight spin tests confirmed good rudder and elevator effectiveness for spin recovery in a wide range of positions of the center of gravity. A typical time history of a spin entry and the developed spin and recovery is shown as well.

Key concepts: Airplane, Rudder, Elevator, Aerospace engineering, Spin (aerodynamics), Aeronautics, Center of gravity, Aviation

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