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Spins?

MED

Well Known Member
I saw this in a comment attributed to Ken Krueger in the RV-10 topics::

“Given that spins are not recommended in either RV-10 or RV-14 and that both aircraft have such benign stall characteristics, the increased moment of inertia due to ER fuel was deemed an acceptable compromise.”

The RV-10 is not aerobatic, but the RV-14 is. This is the first time I have seen something that would indicate spins are not “recommended” in an RV-14. Is this true?
 
I have seen both of these and I know it can spin, but have never seen anything recommending against spinning an RV-14. I believe Van’s typically makes the comment their aerobatic airplanes wind up pretty quickly in spins, but behave “normally” in spins of one turn or so.
 
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