Landing with one spoiler

I had an instructor coach me through a no spoiler approach (in an ASK-21)
to a rather short runway using a technique that I had never heard described
before. When we got into ground effect, he had me keep the slip in and
rotate the tail *VERY* low. The theory is that the tail will hit first.
This will straighten the fuselage to the runway, which will kick the glider
out of the slip at the very last possible moment. Indeed, this technique
allowed us to land on a short runway with no spoilers.

I found the experience to be very scary. Still, if I every have to do this
for real, I'm going to do it. I just hope it works as well in a '27 as it
did in the '21.






"J.A.M." wrote in message
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In a low performance glider I don't have any experience. In a glass glider
a
no brakes landing is dicey as hell.
You just enter ground effect and fly forever. With a long runway it's not
much of a problem but the landing takes lots of space... If you have short
runway or an obstacle requiring a stepper approach path, it's a recipe for
an extended trip to the repair shop.

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Ray Hart wrote:

landing, just in case. I wouldn't recommend practising
no-brake landings
though.

This is another thread, but a no spoiler approach is one of the
simplest "advanced" manouvers out there. I only have access to a L-23
and tried this a few months back. I was able to use about as much
runway as the typical normal landing made by others. Spot touchdown
was a bit dicey, but I always got stopped where I had planned.


Gotta give it a try in the ASH-26E sometime. Should I "cheat" and use
landing flap, or give it a shot in thermalling flap?
-Tom