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Yes. However, judging g-loads with the seating position in modern gliders is 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		 
		
	
	
	difficult - especially if you run on 100% adrenaline. -- Bert Willing ASW20 "TW" "Denis" a écrit dans le message de ... Bert Willing wrote: But pulling the airbrakes would be fairly suicidal. I suppose you meant "pulling the airbrakes while pulling too hard" ??? As Eric noticed it, the allowed G-loading at VNE in ASH26 (for example) is 4 G without airbrakes, and a very close 3.5 G with airbrakes. Thus in most cases it will be *safer* to pull airbrakes (including close to the ground, if the dive angle is high). -- Denis R. Parce que ça rompt le cours normal de la conversation !!! Q. Pourquoi ne faut-il pas répondre au-dessus de la question ?  | 
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