Polar with spoilers extended?

On Oct 22, 3:33 pm, John Smith wrote:
Brian wrote:
Frightening? Really? It actually works very well with a bit of head
wind. Backcountry power pilots occasionally use this technique as
well.

It's a completely different thing in a power plane. (Although I wouldn't
recommend it with power planes, either.)

A short look at a typical glider polar is all that is needed to
understand why your "technique" is a no-no. If you continue using it,
then it's only a question of time that we'll hear about you in the news.

Looking at a polar is exactly why it works. It is called Speed to fly.
It really only works well when you have some headwind. It does work
somewhat in calm conditions but is really not very effective. It
probably doesn't work at all in a tailwind condition.

As noted gliders usually have a better ways of dealing with being
high. And since most people aren't excessivly high with a headwind it
does have limited use in gliders. There are really only two things
that can go wrong with using the technique and both should be easily
controllable. These are a Stall/Spin or continuing the slow approach
to too low of altitude to recover back to a normal approach speed.

Personally I seldom use it, The High Parasitic Drag approach and/or
Slips described above is usually more effective in a wider range of
conditions.

Brian