If the RL02 drive is working right and the heads
don't load, I think
it'll spin back down after some finite (measured in tens of seconds)
I don;'t think it does. One of the alignment procedures involves
disconnecting the motor signal at an in-line connector and moving the
heads by hand. There's no mention of preventing it from spinning down
under these conditions.
I will have to check the state machine diagrams to be sure, though.
-tony