Roy - beg to differ - the 1-34 has inadequate yaw stability.
If you hold neutral rudder at moderate cruise speed in any
turbulence, it often does a very notable cha-cha in yaw.
Not as bad as some V-tail Bonanzas, but to me uncomfortable.
OK, find cha-cha in your textbooks...
Best Regards, Dave

Roy Bourgeois wrote in message ...
I think that the difference is that my original post focused on "rudder
response" and others are focusing on "yaw stability" - which are different
and somewhat opposite. The 1-34 is quite stabile in yaw but as Doug noted
in his first post, it's response (time to desired effect) to your stepping
on the pedal is pretty bad. I flew several 1-34s about 250 hours (and
still occasionally). It doesn't have a problem with adverse yaw in a
turn. But when you step on the pedal (say, to begin a slip) - nothing much
happens (compared to other gliders). I was suggesting to Doug (and still
believe) that the lack of rudder "response" is a function of the
extraordinary fuselage length and that he would need a much bigger rudder
to solve that problem.

Now - if somebody will show me how to make my Nimbus 3 do ANYTHING
responsively - I'll be eternally grateful

Roy