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Flat spin may refer to:
- A term used in aviation, see: Spin (aerodynamics)
- FlatSpin, a 2001 play written by Alan Ayckbourn
- A term used by Bolliger & Mabillard to describe corkscrew roller coaster elements
Usage examples of "flat spin".
They soared toward a target he could barely see: two kilometers below and a quarter-klick to the west, a gunship whirled toward the jungle in a flat spin, spewing thick black smoke.
A tug on the vector-shift brought his bike around in a flat spin that he killed by goosing the thrust to kill his momentum.
The fighter immediately went into a flat spin and arced out toward the system's outer orbits.
This put him into a flat spin, with his stern chasing his nose, completely out of control.
The impact sent the shuttle into what felt like a flat spin as the lighting flickered.
The skull proceeded into a flat spin, and the pilot, if he still lived, was unable to do anything about it.
He slapped his throttle down to zero, which stopped the port engines from pushing him around in a flat spin.
He was in a flat spin, the nose of the plane pitching fifteen degrees and more above and below the horizon.
This threw the Interceptor into a flat spin that brought the nose around to face back along his flight path.
Just the suggestion that you might have betrayed me sent me into a flat spin, and I couldn't pull out of it.
Reflex made her try to snap the Eagle aside, and the unbalanced thrust of the single engine sent the aircraft into the beginnings of another flat spin that carried her six hundred meters closer to the ground.