Has it occurred to you to ask yourself what the curved approach
avoids? What about it might prevent the stall/spin on entry to or
during the "well banked turns"?
If the US Navy considers it easier to "hit the boat" from a curved
approach why their thinking is wrong? Glider approaches aren't all
that different from powered aircraft approaches except for the lack
of go round capability.
I've found the curved spiral approach works well for practicing
forced landings.
Mike
At 02:44 PM 7/18/2016, you wrote:
>>The BGA some years ago now modified their standard glider circuit
to cut off the base turn which keeps the glider closer to the
landing zone. This was a result of looking at real flight records
as to what experienced pilots were doing in out landings.
I think you will find that the GFA has this as an optional approach
pattern and it's noted in Basic Gliding Knowledge.
Because of the nature of gliding approaches (sink rate, airbrakes
etc), I am not sure that a continually changing path would work as
well as doing a pattern with a definite diagonal leg with well banked
turns.
D
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