I have worked with "Freedom's Wings International" for a few years now...(Flying for Pilots with Disabilities.)

Our gliders are fitted with "hand control" for rudder. The problem arises that the pilot must let go of the rudder control, to deploy the spoilers.....the spoilers are "notched" so they stay put, and the pilot goes back to rudder quickly....but a change in spoiler setting repeats the process...

After seeing a Duckhawk with electric flaps, and electric landing gear...I figured it would be nice to configure a glider with electric spoilers....Then there would be no need to take the hand off the rudder control....just push a button, or slide switch or whatever!

Of course radio controlled model gliders have everything fly by wire!


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