Am Sonntag, 2. September 2012 14:30:03 UTC+2 schrieb Don Burns:
I remember a sign on a flying office wall years ago about the three most

important rules of flying:

Rule # 1 Maintain proper air speed!
Rule # 2 Maintain proper air speed!!
Rule # 3 Maintain proper air speed!!!



I'm tempted to put a sign in my office today:

Rule 1: Fly at AOA significantly below the critical AOA !
Rule 2: Fly at AOA significantly below the critical AOA !!
Rule 3: Fly at AOA significantly below the critical AOA !!!

Why that change?

I'm not good at quickly calculating the proper air speed for every configuration of flight.

In my gilder have not only a yaw string but also 2 side strings. They are 30-35° upwards at the critical AOA. As long as they are not in my field of vision, I know that I'm quite some distance away from the critical AOA.