>The stuff about the stab being more sensative to the change in effective
>AOA is bunk then?
No, if the glider were flying slow enough, and/or if the updraft is strong
enough, then the momentary increase in AOA during the accleration period
before the glider re-stabilizes will cause the glider to
> Sorry if this got long, but I only use windvanes to tell me which slope to
> drive to. And this windvane theory also doesn't readily explain why Zagi's
> and Boomerangs, etc appear to get up "on step" when in good air, no true
> tailplane to cause rotation.
I dont want to drag this discussion o
Wow. And here I thought I understood it before.
Just one more thing. If I flew into a really big thermal--one that was
so big I didn't need to turn long enough for my stable glider to reach
an equilibrium again--the true airspeed of the glider (not necessarily
what I'm observing) would be highe
Guys, guys, guys
It's a relatively simple explanation. I may be totally wrong (Manufacturing
work for 7year may have my AE schooling a bit rusty), but one of the initial
posts on this thread had this "phenomenon" explained.
Condition 1: Glider is flying along in a steady state, dead
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