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"I think understand, Tommyto is Derek Copeland using one of his
hundreds of aliases. " Let us get at least this part straight - my name is Thomas Vallarino, not Derek Copeland and I do not even know the gentleman. "My measurements suggest the exact opposite - that increasing the acceleration REDUCES the maximum AOA." You can believe whatever you want to. You are free to disregard the calculations in the analysis, the accident data and the experiences of those here in this thread who describe specific cases of uncontrollable pitch up movements, despite full forward stick - from Karl's ASW-17 incident to the same experience of others including myself with a variety of other models. It's not always the pilot's fault when this happens as the pilot runs out of elevator authority. The article calculated the pitch arm moment of many gliders and what tension would be necessary to exceed the elevator authority at the beginning of the launch. That's why they recommend a range of initial rope tension of no more than 0.5-1.0g for singles and 0.7-1.0g for doubles at the beginning of the launch. |
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