AoA keep it going!

If you are too busy on landing to watch an AoA indicator you must
therefore be too busy to watch an airspeed indicator. I don't have much
time in gliders but in my powered plane, I usually glance at the ASI as
I level the wings on final, then I just use visual (and wind noise)
references to make the landing with an occasional glance at ASI as I
start the roundout and flare. I think the AoA would be most useful at
altitude when flying a tight spiral in a column of lift...

Scott


Ian wrote:

On 17 Dec, 20:37, "Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote:


I'd love to have a quality AOA indicator to make those landings easier and
safer.


I generally find that my attention is fully occupied while landing. If
I had an AoA indicator, I would have to take attention away from
something else to look at it (I always have the audio vario and radio
off for the final approach). Would an AoA also indicator free up some
of my attention, and if so, from what?

Ian

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