On 8/30/2012 1:13 PM, wrote:
The dumping of flaps seems to be well practiced in recovering from
this maneuver- I wonder who taught him this. Bruno seems more worried
about staying in the thermal than getting control of the glider.
Maybe these techniques were why he spun it so much. Luckily not at
low altitude.

From the flight manual spin recovery section for my ASH 26 E, which has
the same interconnected flap and aileron system as the ASW 20.

"Furthermore, spin recovery will be achieved more quickly if the flap
deflection is reduced. It is advisable to reduce circling flap to the
neutral flap setting."

I believe my ASW 20 B flight manual had similar advice. In any case, I
found reducing the flap deflection effective in the incipient or just
departed stage. I have not practiced spins beyond a quarter turn in
either the 20 or the 26.

Even though reducing flap deflection is effective, I always used the
standard recovery in addition, and I recommend Bruno learn to do that,
also. It is what gliders are certified to do, and the flap reduction
might not work well enough on all ships in all conditions, and certainly
won't work on a standard class glider.

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
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