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Old May 9th 14, 02:52 AM
Jont Jont is offline
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Hi Tim,

I'm considering purchasing a Mosquito listed on W&W current day 5/8/2014. Kevin Wayt and Rick Walters warn against trailing edge brakes after Rick's accident dropping his Ventus B in while on short final in heavy shear at Minden. I'd like to speak with you by phone to be talked through how to avoid possible problems and become comfortable before I commit to purchase a Mosquito. You can reach me at .

Thanks.

Jon T.


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Originally Posted by Tim Mara View Post
just use partial dive brakes (still far more effective than most spoilered
ships) until you're down close to the flare....then drag everything
out..it's like having a drag chute.the glider will slow and touch down
effortlessly...
you can pretty much then use the dive brakes to get you slowed down and
hardly need a wheel brake
once you get use to doing this you'll never be happy with anything less!
tim

"Scott Elhardt" wrote in message
om...
I've been happily flying my H303 Mosquito for a year now and my
landings seem to be getting worse as time goes on. I have tried a lot
of approaches to the process, but inevitably I'm faster that I want to
be and don't touch as lightly as I'd like especially with a lot of
brake out.

Any trailing edge dive brake experts care to describe your accumulated
perspectives?

Scott