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Old April 2nd 07, 04:31 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Sally W
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Default Airspeed control during ground launch?

At 15:12 02 April 2007, Andreas Maurer wrote:
Hi Bill,

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:49:23 -0600, 'Bill Daniels'
wrote:

The winch should be constructed such that it is not
be possible for the
airspeed to increase as a result of raising the glider's
nose. Otherwise,
the winch should be regarded as dangerous.


Is it such a problem to teach the pilot to pull the
release if his
airspeed exceeds the desired prameters?


That is exactly what we are taught to do, but making
something as counter-intuitive as 'raise nose go faster'
does strike me as dangerous in the extreme - a huge
amount of the the instruction from 1st flight is based
around 'nose down go faster, nose up go slower'. Would
you like a situation where right stick produced left
bank? I doubt it.


 




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