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First glider Nimbus 2 ?
Definately not a first glider.More like a third.
I've had mine(N2 A) for 16 years and love it to bits.You need to lead with the rudder in turns,which goes against all I was taught regarding co-ordinating the controls.If you do not it does a very good demonstration of aileron drag. I had a set of retro-fitted "Discus" winglets fitted,which improved matters tremendously. I went from a Pik 20 B to the Nimbus and was glad of the flapped experience gained on the Pik. Definately suggest flapped experience in a Janus. Also buy a good set of covers;people tend to disappear when it's rigging time. A series of flights in an earlyGenerallAt 08:30 13 March 2015, Bruce Hoult wrote: On Friday, March 13, 2015 at 9:20:27 PM UTC+13, Surge wrote: On Friday, 13 March 2015 08:10:53 UTC+2, Bruce Hoult wrote: I definitely would recommend you to find an early model Janus and do a = few dual flights in it before flying the Nimbus (preferably before deciding= to buy it), even if you have to travel to do so. =20 Thanks, that's an excellent suggestion and a privately owned Janus (first= one built) is located at the club I fly at. By the way, we tried the tail chute on our Janus a few times and then disab= led it. The airbrakes are not all that strong (neither are those in the Duo Discus!= ), but landing flap plus airbrake together are as effective as the brakes i= n most other gliders. Plus add in side slip and you've got a massively stee= p descent. You don't want to do that all the way to the ground, but it will= get you down to a normal approach angle and then I'd say recover from the = slip by 100 or 150 ft. I don't think the parachute offers anything more than do the other tools at= your disposal -- tools which you can apply and take off repeatedly if nece= ssary.=20 I don't know how similar the Nimbus is in that regard. I'd suspect pretty s= imilar, but I don't know for sure. |
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