Thankyou for your thoughts David, and Mike, which are very good refresher. However, I
am aware of TAS implications with altitude etc, what I was really chasing was a
definition of rough air.
It was a Duo-Discus manual I was refering to.
Mikes point re the logic of flying an aging glider close
Whilst having a discussion with a couple of others last weekend about the
definition of rough air the point was made that when instrumentation was
fitted to the Janus to measure flight loads the gust loads found in
Australia were approximately double those for Germany.
JAR 22 an be found at http:
I was reading a glider flight manual recently, and noted that a max rough airspeed was
placarded. Further into the manual the definition of rough air was rotor and
turbulance near Cb's. No mention of strong thermal activity (not related to the Cb
mentioned).
For test flight purposes after a fo
G'day you Mob,
I have always been of the view that, if you are getting bounced around
enough that you are either leaving the seat or are personally uncomfortable,
then you should back off a bit. I agree with Mike B on that one for sure!
Another good rule-of-thumb is not to exceed manoeuvring spe
You may have heard about them,
and at last they have arrived.
Still a fair bit of work is needed to put them on our register,
and yes, Geoff has them for sale.
We can either chat about them as I go, or contact me on
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Craig
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A couple of popular misnomers here
a) That placarded Vne is at sea level and decreases with altitude in
relation to TAS
Since gliders spend little time at sea level this would be a rather useless
number to placard as Vne; most gliders the placarded Vne is IAS at 6000' or
10,000'.
(What does JAR
At 05:53 AM 6/08/01 +, you wrote:
>I was reading a glider flight manual recently, and noted that a max rough
airspeed was placarded. Further into the manual the definition of rough air
was rotor and turbulance near Cb's. No mention of strong thermal activity
(not related to the Cb mentioned).
.
>This sport is largely based on
> grass-roots membership at the Club level - we ought to recognise and
> encourage their achievements. The elite pilots make up a small percentage
> of the GFA membership but get most of the press, and with the decline of
> gliding, I believe that gap is widenin
