Duo Dive-brakes ( Polar with spoilers extended?)

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:31:55 -0600, "Bill Daniels"
bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote:

The Duo is heavy, clean and accelerates like a rocket when the nose is down.
The airbrakes don't reduce this much so the deceleration is smaller than
lighter gliders giving the first impression that the brakes are weak.

The strength of the dive brakes can easily be measured by the time it
takes to bleed off excessive speed during the flare.

Let's face it, the Duo flares forever if you are too fast. Other ships
(DG-505, DG-1000, Janus) decelerate much quicker.

Clear case: Weak airbrakes.



Bye
Andreas