It feels like a wild ride the first few times you do it, but like many other things it proves benign with repetition. I used to fly 2-3 OCF “spin” hops a day - the Buckeye always behaved (for the most part) as it was designed. You could pretty much depart the aircraft any way you wanted and it would quickly recover…

For one thing, the spins are recoverable with the wing/rudder configuration. The ability to put the jet in OCF (Out of Controlled Flight) and have the student be able to analyze aircraft state and recover using memorized procedures is a great training event. Maintaining situational awareness (SA) during highly dynamic…