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Old January 1st 13, 04:11 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Replacing the MKIV yaw string - tips

On Monday, December 31, 2012 6:17:28 PM UTC-8, Jim Britton wrote:
I haven't been following this "thread" (pun intended) too closely so

forgive me if this has already been covered, but I am wondering if you have

thought of supplying left-handed MKIV's sometime soon. Us lefties have

enough barriers to overcome as it is - maybe if we had one less thing to

worry about...


Jim,

No offense, quit whining . . . have you considered Lefty Aversion Therapy?

We used to have a "don't ask don't tell" policy here at Bumper Soaring (or BS for short). Under intense political pressure, we had to end that. We still do our best to force all MKIV's from the same mold, ambidextrous and "straight". Unfortunately, we've noted a few with left leaning tendancies, some mostly go to the right, and nearly all, if given half an opportunity, will quite happily go both ways.

Yes, it's a source of embarrasement for us and for some MKIV owners. You may even notice in YouTube videos that many of these same owners will carefully edit out any shots where their MKIV is, um, wildly playing the field so to speak.

bumper