Hi Noel, Tend to agree with you here.
Re “twisted” I am sure that this does not apply only to the bags. Think about some of the pilots you know! You say “Generally a sailplane will not display an imbalance until stalled. One wing doesn’t know it’s heavier than its partner until then.” A very interesting point, which I have had the misfortune to inadvertently explore a little bit, but – thank God – never seriously in the air. Without doubt the use of water ballast introduced a whole new dimension to gliding, as, just co-incidentally Mike B mentioned in a concurrent post. However it use is something that should never be treated lightly [groan]. A couple of hundred litres of ballast will turn your pussy cat into a tiger: In the glide; into a missile ..... almost. Take care that you are not lined up on one of your mates. You say “A number of prototype sailplanes have been lost while testing their ability to remain controllable at the stall with max. Imbalance” I have never had the chance to own/fly a current “super-ship”, but from the literature , they have (as a minimum), inboard tanks, outboard tanks, and fuselage tanks. It would seem to me that the situation could become somewhat fraught, if the slightest thing goes wrong with the dumping arrangement. Would any knowable person like to make comment here? Finally we come to the important practical question of “good ballast bags”. It would seem that these are becoming hard to source, due to potential liability issues. Who in Australia, or elsewhere, are making new replacement bags? Regards, Gary From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Noel Roediger Sent: Sunday, 27 August 2017 10:18 PM To: 'Anthony Smith'; 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'; 'Gliding Australia Forum' Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] RE: American Soaring Symposia Thanks Anthony. The final question asked of Wil re assymetric water ballast merits further comment particularly for those who fly sailplanes with bags instead of tanks. I believe good ballast bags far outweigh the problems exhibited by rigid tanks which often leak into the surrounding structure. Having said that I don’t know of any “bagged” tank that is not extended and held in place by a rear cord. In reality bags should be held by two cords. One at its rear as is the norm but also one at its front to eliminate the possibility of its leading edge falling over the aft edge and becoming twisted. Regards Noel. From: Anthony Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2017 6:32 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'; 'Gliding Australia Forum' Subject: [gfaforum] RE: [Aus-soaring] American Soaring Symposia Part of the Wil Schumann paper is here: http://www.betsybyars.com/guy/soaring_symposia/72-modif.html From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Sanders Sent: Sunday, 27 August 2017 6:22 PM To: Gliding Australia Forum <[email protected]>; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. <[email protected]> Subject: [Aus-soaring] American Soaring Symposia Any body got any idea where is can get any of these publications from the seventies?? Wil Schumann did a clean up of a libelle that i would like to read about again. Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gliding Australia Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/glidingaustralia.org/group/gfaforum/. <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> Virus-free. <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> www.avg.com
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