Spin Training

It's like bungee jumping...don't look, just do it

 

That sure was not my experience in a 150. Those planes will spin with the right pitch attitude and they will break (right or left) with a vengence.

 

That was my experience as well doing power-on stalls in a 152. This nose is fairly high (relative to a power off stall) and with full rudder input at the stall, the 152 I used to fly would be pretty aggressive in its spin entry. Easy to recover, though.

 

Don't know the full details but a common error in spin entry/recovery is to "Kick" the rudders. This is a bad idea in any airplane. No control should ever be slammed against a stop.. There were two fatal spin accidents in the 150/152 where the mechanical rudder stops jammed locking the rudder at full travel. I am not saying that the pilots in these crashes slammed the rudder only that it is something to think about in any airplane. The AD modifies the rudder stops.

Dave

Edit: Cessna and the AOPA dispute the claim of a jammed rudder. The AD is here if interested:
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-11029.pdf