Hi John,

If you're having to use the airbrakes everytime have you considered opening
up the circuit? Or is there something at Portmoak that prevents this?

I'm quite happy to use (or have my pupils use) airbrakes during final turn
if they were using them on base leg. Less happy for pupils to open them
during the turn. The final turn probably takes about 5 seconds so why not
wait 'til wings are level and the picture has stabilised before opening the
brakes. Why increase the workload for the sake of a few seconds?

KN

At 06:26 02 June 2015, wrote:
I can't remember the last time my airbrakes were closed during a final
turn
in a high performance glider - and I live in Europe.