At 20:56 22 July 2008, Jim White wrote:
At 09:41 22 July 2008, Don Johnstone wrote:
I have never
found it necessary on a ASW glider of any type.


It may not be necessary Don, but it is effective. How many competitions
have you won in your ASWs (of any type)?

What has that got to do with anything. I was commenting on the handling
properties. Gliders designed by Weber, the W of ASW tend to be very well
co-ordinated and do not require any strange rudder input. This was
certainly true of the ASW17 and all the smaller ASWs, sadly I cannot
comment on the ASW22. I would say that leading with rudder where it is not
necessary is in-efficient and could delay achieving a constant turn rate.
On the other hand flying a Grob 103 and avoiding adverse yaw with large
aileron inputs was a different matter, leading with rudder led to a much
more clean entry. The other two main types I have flown a lot the Discus
and LS8 did not require leading with rudder, and in my experience neither
did the ASK21.

I might not have won any comps but I have been an instructor for over 40
years and I am still walking about, must have done something right.