On Jan 9, 5:07*pm, Martin Gregorie
wrote:
On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 16:36:39 -0800, brianDG303 wrote:
On Jan 9, 2:54*pm, GM wrote:
On Jan 9, 1:07*pm, Timinnc wrote:

Sorry guys, can't find the answer via search, but what is a
parallelogram stick?

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Timinnc

Tim,

the elevator input is given by moving the stick back and forth on a
straight line rather than rotating the stick around one single hinge
point. To make matters worth, the commonly used sticks are typically
off-set from the hinge point towards the rear. High vertical
accelration can induce an unwanted elevator input. As Derek pointed
out, pilot induced oscillations due to vertical accelerations is not an
issue with these sticks. The Glassfluegel H303, H304 (incl. the CZ)
Mosquito and maybe other types have this type of stick.

Uli

Almost all, if not all, of the DG series gliders have them.

DG 300 for sure, but not, IIRC the DG1000 and I seem to remember a
'normal' stick in the DG-500.

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martin@ * | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
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DG1000 is "normal"

Kestrel's also had the parallelogram stick.

took very little time to get used to and was quite comfortable to fly
with.

Al