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November 24th 17, 07:29 PM
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motorglider engine test
At 19:09 24 November 2017, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Friday, November 24, 2017 at 2:06:20 PM UTC-5, Dave Nadler wrote: On Friday, November 24, 2017 at 1:44:35 PM UTC-5, wrote: ...Has anyone done an engine test run like this? I almost forgot: A well-known German manufacturer did this at the factory last year (mighta been 2015), and trashed the new glider and trailer bound for their USA dealer... Can't make this stuff up! Don't do it! I used to do this with a DG400 but I had a proper substantial steel frame to hold the fuselage (it anchored via the wing pins). Even with this system the whole procedure felt very unsafe, especially at full throttle; it also took far longer than driving to the airfield and rigging the glider properly. Dave W 
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