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RIP Matt Wright (Balleka on YouTube)
At 04:15 13 February 2018, Paul Agnew wrote:
Paul A. Jupiter, FL ASW-19 (basic un-modded speed brakes...for now.) Paul, Get on the phone with Rex Mayes at Williams Soaring and order that kit today. It's a big landing safety improvement, and it's pretty easy to install with pre-fab clamps, etc. Just get it done.... RO |
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RIP Matt Wright (Balleka on YouTube)
At 14:26 13 February 2018, Michael Opitz wrote:
At 04:15 13 February 2018, Paul Agnew wrote: Paul A. Jupiter, FL ASW-19 (basic un-modded speed brakes...for now.) Paul, Get on the phone with Rex Mayes at Williams Soaring and order that kit today. It's a big landing safety improvement, and it's pretty easy to install with pre-fab clamps, etc. Just get it done.... RO I finally remembered the guy's name. It was Stich. IIRC, he was an engineer with the DVFLR (German flight research institute). He also made other mods to his ASW-19 (re-profile of the wing leading edge, etc?), but the two stage dive brake mod was his contribution to glider safety. Because of his work position, the regulatory approvals came very quickly. Now, his invention is pretty much standard issue on new gliders, and retrofit kits have been made for older ones that were produced without the rear plates. RO |
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RIP Matt Wright (Balleka on YouTube)
His name is Gerhard Stich (nicknamed "Stichling"), and he re-profiled the leading edge of his ASW20C in 1984. With not much of a result ;-)
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RIP Matt Wright (Balleka on YouTube)
On Saturday, 10 February 2018 15:14:30 UTC, Waveguru wrote:
I know of a winch site that sighs off pilots for solo without doing a single rope break practice, and only a hand full of dual tows. I wonder how Matt was trained? Boggs Matt was hugely experienced at a wide variety of sites, and will have done check flights including practice cable breaks of all types. He was a very popular visitor to where I fly, which is predominantly winch. I doubt his training was anything less than comprehensive. |
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