Glider crash near Reno yesterday

At 05:13 28 September 2018, 2G wrote:
On Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 8:58:23 PM UTC-7, James
Betker wrote:
I've got a question - let's assume that the speculation going on
here is
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right and that the elevator control was locked in a full nose-high
station
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- what is the optimal thing to do if you are ever faced with this?
Am I
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ht in assuming that it is to bail as quickly as possible before you
start
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uilding G-loads which would make bailing impossible? If you
somehow got
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rself into a scenario where you were endlessly looping the glider,
would
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ploying full airbrakes bleed enough energy to stop the looping
(and maybe
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nduce a spin instead)?
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This is certainly a nightmare scenario. My condolences go out to
the
frie=
nds and family of the departed.

If you are being subjected to 10 g's it would be very difficult to
raise
yo=
ur arm to pull the handle - your 10 lb arm suddenly becomes 100
lb.

Tom




I am posting this for a second time but you should all watch it.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvO...NoSro7U5LkED-Q

It answers some of the questions but not why the Duo failed.