Spinning (mis)concepts

I often slip our club gliders down (1-34 and Grob III).

The way I look at it, being right on the glide slope is
just "more intense" than arriving a little high and slipping.
Especially when that end of the runway is really rowdy.

When I fly the two place and I'm landing, my arrival height is
occassionally of concern to the copilot. Then when I slip it down
they ask why didn't I just set up lower?

Oh well. To each his own.

David

Marc Ramsey wrote in message om...
Eric Greenwell wrote:
Refresh my memory, which doesn't seem to include this. Under what
circumstances and glider types would this be true? If I'm too high, I
adjust the pattern or open the airbrakes. I will slip on final for
crosswind compensation, but why would I want make slipping turns in the
pattern or elswhere?

When I'm flying our Duo, a slipping turn from base to final is my
standard procedure. I like to carry extra energy in the pattern (too
much flying at Truckee), but the airbrakes aren't terribly effective, so
I use a slipping turn to dissipate the excess energy, and hold it
until I'm at an acceptable (shallow) approach angle. It also makes it a
lot easier to see what's happening on the runway from the back seat.

Marc