Benign spirals, etc. [was Glider down near Reno - pilot OK]
bumper wrote:
It went into an unstable phugoid oscillation with each dive being steeper
than the previous. I chickened out and stopped the "test" early on after my
ears got pinned back - - and I was in a closed cockpit (g).
I did not have spoilers or gear out.
I thought certified aircraft were supposed to demonstrate diminishing
phugoids. No?
Jack
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