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LS 4 vs ASW 20
On Monday, May 20, 2013 10:30:51 AM UTC-4, WB wrote:
In article , Yes, the "busy" feel of the glider talking about what the air is doing. That's my only reservation about the LS-4. It is almost too placid in the air. I'm used to flying a 301 Libelle, the very definition of a "busy" feeling glider. LS-4's, while extremely easy and pleasant to fly, feel almost "dead" to me compared to my Libelle or a -20. My preference, from flying so long with flaps, is for flapped ships. Whenever I fly an unflapped ship, it always feels like diving at the ground to go fast. FWIW and not to get too far off topic, but... I found the LS4 reacted very well to CG fiddling. The sweet spot for my flying style was about 80-85% of aft limit (I liked to thermal as slow as possible and relatively steep for the typical mid-atlantic thermals). Too far forward and it just felt too sluggish/stable. YMMV. |
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