On Saturday, October 25, 2014 10:16:38 AM UTC-5, Evan Ludeman wrote:

Dumping the glider because the *rudder* hit the stop is way over the top. Someone needs to HTFU.

What about a situation where the tug's vertical tail stalls due to the glider being way off to the side? If you are holding full rudder against the yaw, and the glider keeps on pulling the tail, you may stall the vertical tail - supposedly the ensuing snap roll is highly entertaining!

This situation may be more theoretical (I think the BGA had an article that mentioned it) but my technique is to let the glider pull my tail around if he really wants to. Unless wake boxing is prebriefed, I pretty much stay off the rudders and let the glider take me where he wants, if he gets out of position laterally.

Kirk
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