US Air Force buys 19 DG-1000 trainiers

kirk.stant wrote:
As far as acro in a glider - hmm, seems teaching acro in a glider to a
cadet who will move on to F-22s might be a good thing. Sure would
teach unusual attitudes, situation awareness, and energy management,
wouldn't it? Yeah, you can do it in a power plane, but compare the
cost of an Extra 300 to a DG-1000.

Looking at the pure acro time, glider acro is about the most expensive
acro you can buy.

That said, I strongly believe that pilots who have made their first
steps in gliders have a different attitude. And cleanly rolling a DG1000
(or a ASK21, for that matter) is really difficult and teaches you an
awful lot.

On Mar 26, 2:53*am, John Smith wrote:
Looking at the pure acro time, glider acro is about the most expensive
acro you can buy.

Not if you have access to a decent ridge, or wave.

On Mar 25, 3:13*pm, Bruce Hoult wrote:
On Mar 26, 2:53*am, John Smith wrote:

Looking at the pure acro time, glider acro is about the most expensive
acro you can buy.

Not if you have access to a decent ridge, or wave.

And not if you have a good winch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VlRd9-wxQI (Instruments in meters,
meters/sec)
Winch launch height was limited by airspace restrictions

At 21:13 25 March 2011, Bruce Hoult wrote:
On Mar 26, 2:53=A0am, John Smith wrote:
Looking at the pure acro time, glider acro is about the most expensive
acro you can buy.

Not if you have access to a decent ridge, or wave.

Acro on the ridge? Now *that* sounds dangerous. Not much ground
clearance.

Jim Beckman

On Mar 27, 2:15*am, Jim Beckman wrote:
At 21:13 25 March 2011, Bruce Hoult wrote:

On Mar 26, 2:53=A0am, John Smith *wrote:
Looking at the pure acro time, glider acro is about the most expensive
acro you can buy.

Not if you have access to a decent ridge, or wave.

Acro on the ridge? *Now *that* sounds dangerous. *Not much ground
clearance.

In these parts we have several 1000 - 1500 ft ridges to choose from,
depending on the exact wind direction, and can often get to 2000 ft
above the top of the ridge and 3000+ ft above the flat ground upwind
of the ridge.

http://soar.co.nz/gallery/24.jpg

On Mar 27, 2:15*am, Jim Beckman wrote:
At 21:13 25 March 2011, Bruce Hoult wrote:

On Mar 26, 2:53=A0am, John Smith *wrote:
Looking at the pure acro time, glider acro is about the most expensive
acro you can buy.

Not if you have access to a decent ridge, or wave.

Acro on the ridge? *Now *that* sounds dangerous. *Not much ground
clearance.

A fairly typical day cruising the 1500 ft high ridge 10 km NNE of our
field.

http://cs10405.vk.com/u53282174/1247...x_80699e9e.jpg

There's as likely as not to be weak wave out towards the beach too.