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Spinning the SZD 50-3
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January 28th 04, 11:17 AM
Ian Johnston
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On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 00:56:12 UTC,
(Tim Shea)
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: After 4 or so rotations, the nose seemed to float up and the rotation
: *seemed* to slow considerably. I remember thinking that this is cool!
: Kind of like floating. When it was time for the recovery I applied the
: control inputs I'd been taught (as specified above) and much to my
: surprise, nothing different happened.....for a long time. I estimate
: that we completed another 5+ rotations nose high before it broke,
: rolled over and recovered.
I am told that a Junior oscillates nose up and down while spinning,
and that recovery is much much snappier nose down.
Ian
Ian Johnston