Glider License to Power

On Oct 7, 9:07*am, John Smith wrote:
lameka val wrote:
not all SEL airplanes are intended for straight & level flight ;-)

There's a lot of truth in that. Serious glider aerobatics is insanely
expensive. If you look at the net aerobtics time, you can easily rent an
Extra 300 or even a Yak 52 for that money. Plus, in a power plane you
can repeat a figure over and over again without having to land and relaunch.

Not necessarily. If there is reliable lift around, you should be able
to repeat your figures all day long.

Ramy

Plus, in a power plane you
can repeat a figure over and over again without having to land and relaunch.

Not necessarily. If there is reliable lift around, you should be able
to repeat your figures all day long.

According to Les Horvath, if the lift is 4kts or less the figures can
come out as clean as one can finesse them, and without even worrying
about a vertical gust snapping your wings off while you are pulling
6+Gs or flying in the yellow arc, which can be a bit more of a concern
if the lift exceeds that by much. Glider acro rules!! (and is NOT
boring... whatsoever!) Now go get some acro training and start
pointing your wheel at the sky already

BTW, your 102 should be at least good for loops, stall turns/
hammerheads (commonly misnomenclature'd as wingovers [for those who
don't know, a wingover is on a 45deg up/down line where a hammer is on
a vertical...] ), spins, steep turns, lazy 8's, chandelles and the
occasional high speed pass.

-Paul (SZD-59 driver/roller coaster buff) Hanson

PS. acro is kind of a physical workout, so it is best not to do it all
day anyhow, although the smile may take much longer to go away...