At 17:59 05 January 2011, Bob Whelan wrote:
On 1/5/2011 7:11 AM, Doug Greenwell wrote:

Is the aileron/flap interconnect a standard arrangement...

Kinda-sorta, "Yes, but..."


or are there
flapped gliders without it?


....because the answer to this question is also (if unequivocally so),
"Yes."
(I've owned 3.)

Regards,
Bob W.

P.S. Very e-e-enteresting discussion with (apparently ) real potential
to
clarify some folks' understanding of things. I remain in the F = Ma
camp!


Thanks - so the question of whether flaps make things better or worse on
tow is also going to be 'it depends' ... :-)

It's certainly been unexpectedly interesting - having only recently
returned to gliding I'm having a load of fun improving my flying, but
also a load of fun trying to understand what is happening from an
academic/technical point of view. You can't argue with F=ma ... but
which 'F' and which 'a' and what direction they are in is another
matter!