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https://av-info.faa.gov/DesigneeSearch.asp This website has all the available DPEs. Just select your area and you’ll have their contact info. I was actually in a similar situation and got an available DPE pretty quick.

Happen to run across this on youtube. Is Steve a pilot? Might need to skip to 0:42

This advice was the most helpful. Remembering to pull power to idle as soon as the windshield was green. It made remembering the other steps less stressful because I accomplished step 1 successfully and didn’t feel overwhelmed. I also noticed the aircraft starting to recover already so it...

This advice also worked. Did just that. I now feel more confident but also maintain a respectful and controlled fear for spins.

This proved to be very valuable to me. Good advice!

Yeah maybe you’re right. Still pretty scary but yet something small inside me sort of enjoyed it when I did it a 3rd time. Lol

Pretty sure the spin was to the left. CFI said I wasn't holding enough right rudder. During the power-on stall, I was pulling back trying to force the stall to break. I think I also kept it in even after the left wing dropped and eventually let go of the yoke when I was pointing what seemed to...

Update: I went ahead and scheduled the checkride. Worst case scenario: if I feel I'm not ready to do so as that day draws near, I'll simply postpone it. Thanks for replying!

Thanks for your reply. Not really looking for advice specifically but sometimes you feel that you're the only guy who managed to get a C172 in that kind of predicament especially with 100 hours of training (It's taking longer for me due to being a weekend warrior and living near Chicago). I...

To be perfectly honest, I don't remember the number of rotations. However on the second "spin", I do remember that I couldn't tell which way it was spinning since it was happening so fast or at least it seemed like it was fast to me. I wasn't sure what rudder input I had to use which made me...

Wow! That kind of looked like fun! I was reacting the same way she was while watching the video. I can see how valuable the falling leaf is in practicing rudder inputs. I'll ask my CFI if we can do this.

Update 7/22/20: Passed my private pilot checkride 2 days ago! Did the left-turning power-on stall with a wing dropping but not enough to go into the incipient phase of the spin. DPE was good with it. Update 2/23/20: my instructor confirmed that I actually was in a spin and not a wing drop. At...