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Captain Fraidy-Cat Has a Question
An actual conversation that quite recently took place ten thousand feet
over the California desert between Captain Fraidy-Cat (CFC) and a rather happy-go-lucky glider CFI (CFIG): CFC: NO!! PLEASE! I'M SCARED!!! CFIG: What are you scared of? CFC: I DON'T KNOW!! CFIG: Then you can't be scared. You have to at least be scared of something. Keep your turn going. CFC: I'M SCARED THAT SHE'S GONNA INVERT!! CFIG: She won't. Keep your turn going. CFC: WHEN I MAKE A TURN, THE STICK IS ALL THE WAY AGAINST MY LEG AND IT WON'T GO ANY FURTHER!! ....but what the exhausted, flabbergasted Captain Fraidy-Cat failed to clarify for the CFIG was that he was referring to the OPPOSITE leg, i.e., when he was in a right turn, say, he had the stick all the way to the LEFT, pressing on his left leg, and she still seems to be on the verge of rolling (banking) even further to the RIGHT. And THAT is what he was scared of. So now we're all back on the ground in the city, all rested up and thinking more clearly, and the question is posed to you courageous gentlemen on this news group: Could the glider continue rolling with hard opposite aileron? Would opposite rudder (left in the above example) help? Type is: Schweitzer SGS 2-33. P.S. If that thing had a decent piece of yarn for a yaw string instead of that worn-out, raggedy, one-inch stub, this conversation might not have taken place as such. CFC had to fly her by feel, something usually reserved for more experienced glider pilots. |
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