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Originally Posted by wrxpilot

What kinds of airplanes are you guys doing primary training in where they can enter a spin so easily? Decathlons or something? I can't get a 172 to spin at all, and a 152 needs to be coaxed into it.

a c-172 will not spin in my experience without keeping power-on, about 2,000 rpm's will work. moving the cg aft will also do that, but passengers are forbidden in the rear for spins. i know some who have stuck a 'case of oil' in the baggage compartment to help it to spin without power, but this also is not permitted. and remember, too, that the c-172 must be in the utility category for spins. a c-150/152 is the only cessna that i can get to spin completely power-off.