Spins in an E3

[QuaxDihedral]

Hi All! I'm a newbie here and I have a question! I got into a spin in my Fokker E3 while trying to get away from some N11s that were trying to kill me, but after shaking off the French I found I was unable to recover from the spin! I did the usual procedure: throttle back, stick forward, applied full rudder opposite the spin direction. I spun all the way to the ground and died anyway! Am I missing something? Is there a trick to recovery in the E3? Or are rotaries in general just death traps?

 

Thnx for reading!

[1PL-Husar-1Esk]

Find ROF manual and check, I don't have all available now.

[czech693]

The rotary engined aircraft have some different spin recovery methods compared to the inline/v-8 engines.  For example, the Camel left recovery is opposite rudder, stick back and into the spin.  It's opposite rudder, stick forward and into the spin for a right recovery.  That's because the spinning rotary engine torque plays into the recovery.  In a left turn the nose trys to climb and in a right turn the nose trys to dive.

[QuaxDihedral]

7 hours ago, czech693 said:

The rotary engined aircraft have some different spin recovery methods compared to the inline/v-8 engines.  For example, the Camel left recovery is opposite rudder, stick back and into the spin.  It's opposite rudder, stick forward and into the spin for a right recovery.  That's because the spinning rotary engine torque plays into the recovery.  In a left turn the nose trys to climb and in a right turn the nose trys to dive.

Ok! Been testing out the Rotaries in service in 1916: DH2 has normal recovery with the usual recovery method

                                                                                       N11 was difficult to get into a spin at all! Recovered from stalls much like a c172! Actually the N11 is a really nice plane! Clearly superior to all its contemporaries. Now that I'm dead I might reincarnate as a N11 pilot!