Future Club Training Gliders

On Sep 19, 1:35*pm, "kirk.stant" wrote:
On Sep 19, 9:30*am, Don Johnstone wrote
:

I did exactly that when teaching students to land a G103 except I would
push down on the tail so that they could see the picture in front of them.
The correct attitude is that where the main wheel and tailwheel touch the
ground at the same time. The glider should then be kept running on the
main and tailwheel for as long as possible, directional control is lost
when the glider goes nosewheel down.

What is interesting is when you compare 4 different gliders: *With a
2-33 (nosedragger), you have to pull the nose up until the tail
touches, then lower it until it's at the correct landing attitude (you
establish the range of available touchdown angle of attack). *With a
Blanik (taildragger), you have to raise the tail a little bit to show
the desired touchdown angle. *With a K-21 (nosedragger), you pull the
nose up until the tail is on the ground, and finally, with a DG-1000
(taildragger), you just level the wings.

Again, it's the gear configuration that is important, and why it's
important is something the student needs to understand.

Cheers

Kirk

OK.....But the same BASIC technique works for all these
gliders............LOW ENERGY LANDING.......

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