I thought he may have deployed the air-brakes before he got enough speed up to need them and then he flared too high and flopped on the ground :-( . PeterS
Caleb White wrote: > Sorry John; I tend to agree with Tom. That was my first though too, it took a > long time to get to nose down and then when it was lowered it wasn't really > far enough (considering the additional energy loss from the initial > hesitation). > > Just my 2c. > > Cheers, > > Caleb > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Tom Wilksch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net> > Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 08:42:54 +0930 > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] cable break > > Well flown cable break?? Look at how long it takes to get the nose down > after the cable breaks (as indicated by the drouge opening). And then the > glider wallows back to earth and completely fails to flair. Wouldn't be > surprised if the guy has some nasty back pain. It's probably reasonable to > link the cable break and the landing. Failure to gain safe speed near > ground could mean that he was hovering around stall on final and flairing > did nothing more than stall the aircraft a few metres above the ground. > Ouch. > > Of course the video is pretty small and hard to see but thats how it looked > to me. Anyone else? > > Tom > > > >> What was special about that ? Looks like a well flown cable break. >> Don't know why it was called "Nearly crashed glider" >> John G. >> > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
