>Isn't radio just the least unreliable method?
Radios are more likely to fail than controls, I would trust my control
linkages more than the radio.
>Wing waggling at speeds close to the stall is likely to cause more
exciting problems than a dud radio.
I certainly hope no-one has let their spee
12:57:55 PM
Subject: [Aus-soaring] Wing Signals
>Isn't radio just the least unreliable method?
Radios are more likely to fail than controls, I would trust my control
linkages more than the radio.
>Wing waggling at speeds close to the stall is likely to cause more
exciting problems than
At 01:29 PM 28/05/2010, you wrote:
Thanks Michael, particularly with respect to the speed and lowering
the nose. If only ever this lesson was learned, then
accidents/incidents would drop dramatically.
At Harry's suggestion I cruised the BGA Safe Winch Site and looked
at the simulations
Mike
Borgelt
Sent: Friday, 28 May 2010 2:22 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Wing Signals
At 01:29 PM 28/05/2010, you wrote:
>Thanks Michael, particularly with respect to the speed and lowering
>the nose. If only ever this lesson
>I certainly hope no-one has let their speed drop that far and remained
>on the wire.
They probably didn't remain on the wire. They probably stall/spinned off it :-(
The BGA says this:
A glider with a 1g stalling speed of 34kt is likely to stall during
rotation at about 50kt if the rotation rat
Michael Shirley wrote:
And according to BGA winching in the UK is 7 times more dangerous than
aerotow - from memory that's 7 times as many deaths as from aero towing.
Michael
As a innocent bystander, whose club uses winch launching, I think both
of these statements really require further devel
On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 14:22 +1000, Mike Borgelt wrote:
> Stalling has nothing to do with speed and everything to do with angle
> of attack which is controlled by the pilot by where he puts the stick
> in the fore and aft sense.
> When that sinks in to everyone including instructors we might get
aring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Terry
Neumann
Sent: Friday, 28 May 2010 3:56 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Wing Signals
Michael Shirley wrote:
And according to BGA winching in the UK is 7 times more dangerous than
aerotow - f
On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 15:26 +0930, Terry Neumann wrote:
> Michael Shirley wrote:
> > And according to BGA winching in the UK is 7 times more dangerous than
> > aerotow - from memory that's 7 times as many deaths as from aero towing.
> > Michael
>
> As a innocent bystander, whose club uses winch l
Thanks Kenneth
That doc makes for pretty salutary reading.
On 28/05/2010, at 16:56 , Kenneth Jason Caldwell wrote:
On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 15:26 +0930, Terry Neumann wrote:
Michael Shirley wrote:
And according to BGA winching in the UK is 7 times more dangerous
than
aerotow - from memory that
Totally agree about 6 seconds for speed to build up but disagree about radio
reliability. In this day and age there is zero reason a radio in the glider
should not be as reliable as the home TV, the car radio of the wifi in the
house. I often operate in controlled airspace (D and C) and never a pr
Opps I think it was Sir Charles Kingsford Smith said "the only hard thing
about flying is the ground" and there is another good one "straight ahead
to the hospital, left or right to the cemetery" Keep those in mind when
faced with quick & difficult flying decisions
IM
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Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Wing Signals
Opps I think it was Sir Charles Kingsford Smith said "the only hard thing
about flying is the ground" and there is another good one "straight ahead
to the hospital, left or right to the cemetery" Keep those in mind when
faced
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