Flight manual DG-800S
Caution:
To prevent unintentional spinning do not stall the sailplane. Fly
with enough speed reserve especially in gusty conditions and in the
landing pattern.
Intended spins with waterballast are not permitted.
Height loss during recovery
up to m 150
ft 500
max. speed during recovery
km/h 190
kts. 103
3.6
Spiral dive recovery
Apply rudder and aileron in opposite direction and carefully pull out of
the dive.
Spiral dive occurs only when spinning more than 3 turns with medium
C.G. positions, see sect. 4.5.8.
To prevent spiral dives intentional spinning should only be executed at aft
C.G. positions.
Recovery from unintentional spinning should be done immediately.
3.7
Recovery from unintentional cloud flying
Spins are not to be used to loose altitude. In an emergency, pull out the
dive brakes fully before exceeding a speed of 200 km/h and fly with max.
200 km/h (108 kts.) until leaving the cloud.
At higher speeds up to VNE, pull out the dive brakes very carefully
because of high aerodynamic and g-loads.
Issued: April 1997
App. 3.3
