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"Duane Eisenbeiss" wrote in message news:3Q1hc.31080$yD1.92394@attbi_s54...
"Bubbles, toliet paper, and bent tow tickets seem to center thermals by themselfs. Free flight model airplanes do a good job of centering thermals by themself. Ever consider what might happen if we just trimed out our sailplanes and kept our hands off of the controls? Duane Dick Schreder also suggested the idea back in the 60's. He used Kleenex and I have tried it myself several times. The mechanics are easy. Open the side window and with your free hand pull out a Kleenex from the box (pop-up type), hold the sheet near the window and let go. Out it goes and do another. In one circle in a thermal you can drop ten or more. The sheets are fairly visible. You then continue flying the circle and observe any sheets that are higher than you are. steer toward them. In normal soaring it isn't much better than using the vario but I used to think that when desparately low it might be a useful last chance. Rudy Allemann |
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