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[petermcleland]

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[cstorey]

It is an interesting subject. I only ever flew one "impossible to spin" aeroplane , which was the Ercoupe , which achieved its status by the same means as the Icon, namely a degree of washout so extreme that the outer parts of the wing could never stall. It also had insufficient elevator authority to achieve sufficient A0A to spin, so that it would land itself by the simple expedient of applying full nose up elevator trim and then just flying it onto the ground. It was a bloody awful aeroplane to fly !