Replacing the MKIV yaw string - tips

On Saturday, December 1, 2012 5:54:16 PM UTC-8, bumper wrote:
On Saturday, December 1, 2012 2:29:59 PM UTC-8, Mike Mike Ground wrote:

The MKIV is clearly the pinnacle of yaw string technology. Meticulously crafted, it looks great on my glider. However, it suffers from the same problem I have noticed on all yaw strings I have flown. In flight, it constantly swings off the centerline 10, 20, sometimes even 30 degrees, particularly while thermalling. What’s up with that?







MM



Mike-Mike,



Each MKIV "high tech" yaw string leaves our shop eager to learn, but obviously young and impressionable - - they do have a tendancy towards having a short attention span and will often display a wild tendancy to go whichever way the wind blows.



After installation, especially during early training it's important to treat your young MKIV gently, they are sensitive. Never sweat at it, unless it's obviously heading entirely the wrong way. It's okay to firmly tell it to "straighten up and fly right".



We are working on providing better pre-shipment training on our end. Until then, if you have a really bad one, you can tape the end down straight before flight to show it what you expect of it. Don't do this often though as you risk breaking it's spirit. Not good.



all the best,



bumper

Tape that bothersome loose end down. Why didn’t I think of that! Thanks, Bumper. In addition to great products, your customer support is unequalled. I also appreciate learning it’s okay to tell the MKIV to “straighten up and fly right”. Silly me. I thought that’s what it was telling me. Anyway, with that cleared up, now I can concentrate on why my flights are always so much slower that everybody else’s.

Michael


On Saturday, December 1, 2012 5:54:16 PM UTC-8, bumper wrote:
On Saturday, December 1, 2012 2:29:59 PM UTC-8, Mike Mike Ground wrote:

The MKIV is clearly the pinnacle of yaw string technology. Meticulously crafted, it looks great on my glider. However, it suffers from the same problem I have noticed on all yaw strings I have flown. In flight, it constantly swings off the centerline 10, 20, sometimes even 30 degrees, particularly while thermalling. What’s up with that?







MM



Mike-Mike,



Each MKIV "high tech" yaw string leaves our shop eager to learn, but obviously young and impressionable - - they do have a tendancy towards having a short attention span and will often display a wild tendancy to go whichever way the wind blows.



After installation, especially during early training it's important to treat your young MKIV gently, they are sensitive. Never sweat at it, unless it's obviously heading entirely the wrong way. It's okay to firmly tell it to "straighten up and fly right".



We are working on providing better pre-shipment training on our end. Until then, if you have a really bad one, you can tape the end down straight before flight to show it what you expect of it. Don't do this often though as you risk breaking it's spirit. Not good.



all the best,



bumper