Electronic Yaw Alarm?

On Nov 8, 9:44*am, GARY BOGGS wrote:
I've often thought an audio yaw string would be a great idea.
Especially while instructing. *Maybe instead of a noise, a shot of
electricity to the ass would be better? *I am always amazed at how
many pilots are perfectly happy to fly along in a slight slip all
day...

Boggs

Part of me wonders just how much value it would add to have an alarm
go off just when someone is under stress turning to final at low
altitude where it's causing them to try to skid the ship around.

I'd be stating the obvious that pilots should be better trained to not
get themselves into such situations to begin with.

On 11-8-2011 16:45, Westbender wrote:


Part of me wonders just how much value it would add to have an alarm
go off just when someone is under stress turning to final at low
altitude where it's causing them to try to skid the ship around.

I'd be stating the obvious that pilots should be better trained to not
get themselves into such situations to begin with.

Well, us powered jockies have an advantage over glider jockies...if the
approach is crappy, add power and go around and give it another go (as
many times as necessary to get it right. Until we ourselves become
glider pilots after too many go arounds!)

Jonathon wrote............
Part of me wonders just how much value it would add to have an alarm
go off just when someone is under stress turning to final at low
altitude where it's causing them to try to skid the ship around.

I'm with you Jonathon, an alarm at a critical time may just add to the
confusion (panic) I remember the gal that released from tow at 1000
feet, then tried to land doing something like 100 knots! She overflew
the entire length of the runway, then tried to make a
180.................stalled and killed herself! Her oxygen bottle had
been turned off after she check it for normal operation. leaving just
enough O2 in the line to run the M&H regulator for a few
minutes...........then it sounded the "low O2 pressure" alarm. Not
being all that familiar with O2 use, she panicked thinking it was
essentioal.

Just fly the airplane, most experienced glider-guiders can feel when
the ship is being flown too slow.............listen to what it is
telling you. I have twice gotten too slow turning final (both times
doing an off-field landing). The H-301 started to shudder (low
elevator was getting dirty air coming off the wing). In the LS-6, I
checked the landing spot while flying about 45 knots, then lowered
the gear, pulled on landing flaps, cracked the spoilers and turned
down-wind. The ship mushed and I got a wing rock....................It
was telling me that I needed to add some speed before deploying all
the draggies.
Just fly the airplane,
JJ

On Nov 8, 11:45*am, Westbender wrote:
On Nov 8, 9:44*am, GARY BOGGS wrote:

I've often thought an audio yaw string would be a great idea.
Especially while instructing. *Maybe instead of a noise, a shot of
electricity to the ass would be better? *I am always amazed at how
many pilots are perfectly happy to fly along in a slight slip all
day...

Boggs

Part of me wonders just how much value it would add to have an alarm
go off just when someone is under stress turning to final at low
altitude where it's causing them to try to skid the ship around.

I'd be stating the obvious that pilots should be better trained to not
get themselves into such situations to begin with.

My SZD55 has a mandatory (Canada) stall warning system - SP-3. It
takes pitot pressure and pressure from another hole under the nose and
uses pressure differential to work - you get a loud audio tone. It
goes off frequently in thermalling, and at the start of flilght. I
asked other 55 pilots, and they say they only really use it on the
ridge, it's off otherwise.
The system is here if you want to take a look:
http://www.olk.com.pl/indexen.php?bo...roducts&lpx=26

If you calibrated it better - which apparently is possible, though I
haven't done it, it might be your answer. OSTIV seems to like it.