You make it sound easy Marc, but try that in a cross wind (slipping to
maintain correct heading) and you will find an undershoot situation
rushes up really quickly! I have over 1400 hrs up in PIK 20Bs and am
still learning the fine balance between flap settings and slipping on
finals. Remember, it's generally better to land long than short.

Regards,

Geoff Vincent

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:50:02 GMT, Marc Ramsey
wrote:

Andy wrote:
On Apr 18, 12:32 am, Marc Ramsey wrote:
Try that coming over our tall western trees with most standard
class gliders and you'll float halfway down a 400 ft patch before you
bleed off enough speed to make that nice low energy landing.

Flaps are good for short landings but it's also possible to get high
drag steep approaches with a Standard class glider. My ASW28, and the
ASW19B I used to fly, have a very high sink rate in a full rudder slip
and the speed is easily controlled if the pilot maintains
proficiency. The hard part in practicing the full rudder slip is
getting high enough on final to be able to maintain a stable slip
without undershooting.

Been there, done that, in both standard class ships and Duos. It's a
whole lot easier to come down steep with decent flaps. Just shove the
stick forward, pull on full flaps, and point the nose at where you want
to touch down...

Marc