Soaring Safety

On Feb 16, 12:43*am, tommytoyz wrote:
Noel,
You do make in interesting point in making that distinction. In that
situation , rolling inverted so as not to stall the mountain side wing
would seem the best way out alive without stalling or more probably
spinning in.

The main hindrance I think is most pilot's reluctance to actually
deliberately go inverted and steer from that position and without
stalling while inverted.

I'm interested in thoughts on this issue, am I nuts?

Have you ever had any aerobatic training in a glider? Or a power
plane?

I have. What you suggest is extremely dangerous, and unlikely to work
with a glider due to their extremely slow roll rate and extreme
negative angle of attack needed when inverted - combined with limited
elevator authority. As well as being extremely disorienting.

In addition, while most gliders are extremely spin resistant right
side up, they will spin in a heartbeat inverted (think anhedral and
wash-in).

So yes, in this case, you are nuts! ;)

But please, if you get a chance, get some glider acro training and see
for yourself, at a safe altitude, in a proper acro glider (which most
XC ships are definitely not).

Cheers,

Kirk
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