Selecting landout airports
On Thursday, 26 May 2016 09:44:39 UTC-6, Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot) wrote:
Practice unassisted TO's at your home field.
Slight cross angle of the glider to the runway, tip on the ground. Say you angle right a bit, put the left tip down (keep in mind any crosswind) such that it's drag on the ground aligns you as you accelerate. Part dive brakes can help with flow over the ailerons in the first hundred feet or so. Don't forget to close and lock the dive brakes.
When I self launch, wheels on the wings assist this, the tow plane will stand on the brakes for 15 or seconds and create prop wash that helps with lifting the down wing and getting wind over the wings.
YEMV
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