Ian wrote:
On 20 Dec, 18:18, "Wayne Paul" wrote:
I think this entire thread can be summed up as follows:

If you have had the opportunity to fly with an AOA for an extended period of
time ... you would like to have one in your sailplane.

Doesn't follow. Just because one person who has flown with an AoA
indicator would like one in his glider does not mean that every who
has would.

Ian
I haven't (had the opportunity to fly w. an AoA indicator)...but I would
(like one in my [flapped] sailplane).

That noted, I do tend to agree w. Wayne there's an awful lot of
'religious belief' (subliminal ax-grinding, etc.) being repeated in this
thread that 'en-murkens' its intrinsic value.

Regards,
Bob - instrumentational minimalist - W.


P.S. With a bow to Thread Creep (and Winter, dry laugh)...as
fascinating a topic as AoA is, and as much as it affects the aerodynamic
behavior of wings, equally fascinating (to me, anyway) is the gamut of
human responses the topic has so-far illuminated. It ranges from
well-intentioned 'educators,' to inexperienced 'strong holders of
opinion skeptically resistant to change from instrumentational
status-quo.' We all know who we are!

What's fascinating to me is: What is it about 'topics' that leads to
stark opinional divergences as: a) this 'AoA discussion' vs. b) the
almost manic avidity underlying GPS overwhelm-ment of the (previously
widely held, and,) rule-forbidden resistance to navigation aids in both
badge and contest venues? I mean, w. the PW5 and silicone-in-wax
topics, we can at least sense the underlying reasons for rabidity, but
I'm struggling in this case!

There. My one attempted contribution to Northern Hemisphere Winter ROTS
(Rabidity of Topics Syndrome).