I was flying a Grumman Tiger at Jandakot with an instructor once
once. We were 1500' inbound to join base leg. We were asked by the
tower if we could change and land at the other end of the airstrip -
which made it about 30-40 degrees down from our current position.
Before replying, the
I seem to recall an Astir when put into a heavy side slip will remain with the
rudder locked over in a steady state with gear doors banging etc etc. The
rudder took quite a bit of force to cetralise the rudders if the speed was
built up while in this state.
is this what you call Rudder Lock?
A
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I have deleted the details of a recent post about P2 position offer for the
morning glory trip comming up this year.
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Cath,
Sideslipping is probably even more use in a power plane where you
don't have the nice divebrakes to use on glide approaches.
The BD4 slips well with its flat sides.
Mike
At 04:14 PM 16/06/2008, you wrote:
I was flying a Grumman Tiger at Jandakot with an instructor once
once. We
Having relturned to gliding a couple of years ago after a break of over 25
years I am considering purchasing a gps.
Is there a site which gives details on the various makes and models in a clear
and understandable manner without trying to push you towards their own product?
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/ is one of the best i have seen, and
the guy who runs it, Paul Remde is always extremely helpful...
Cheers,
Ben
On 17/06/2008, at 2:17 PM, Ted Gaida wrote:
Having relturned to gliding a couple of years ago after a break of
over 25 years I am considering
Ted,
Sorry to answer you question with a question but yours is a very
open question.
No one can really answer your question until we understand what applications
you will be putting
it to and what your expectations are. Do you want a stand alone unit,
GPS/IGC logger or one that
