West Coast Spin Doctors 8 hour Training Syllabus


Stick & Rudder Review


Anti spin reflexes


Basic Aerobatics


Simulated Engine Failure to Landing (All Flights)


Flight 1

  1. Climbing dutch rolls
  2. Turns & slow flight
  3. Stalls
  4. Rudder stall exercise
  5. Introduce one-turn spin

 

Flight 2

  1. Review
  2. One-turn spins left & right
  3. Two-turn Spins left & right
  4. Spin orientation

 

Flight 3

  1. Review spins
  2. Spin dynamics
  3. Selected aggravated spin modes
  4. Unusual attitudes, spin recoveries

 

Flight 4

  1. Incipient spin entries
  2. Skidding turns
  3. Spirals
  4. Introduction to rolls

 

Flight 5

  1. Review dutch rolls & spins
  2. Aileron rolls left & right
  3. Half Aileron rolls left & right
  4. Inverted flight

 

Flight 6

  1. Review spins
  2. Rolls & half rolls left & right
  3. Unusual attitudes, overbanked recoveries
  4. Aerobatic-style turns

 

Flight 7

  1. Review spins & rolls
  2. Simulated control loss practice
  3. Simulated off-airport landings
  4. Introduction to loops

 

Flight 8

  1. Review spins & rolls
  2. Half loops
  3. Full loops
  4. Immelmanns

 

Flight 9

  1. Review loops, spins, & rolls
  2. Half Cuban eights
  3. Hammerhead turns

 

Flight 10

  1. Review all maneuvers
  2. Inverted turns
  3. Inverted Dutch rolls
  4. Inverted spins left & right