I fly with the string out a little. The glider seems to feel more balanced/coordinated with less aileron input rewuired to maintain a constant circle.
I have flaperons though so maybe drag from aileron deflection doesn't apply to me, must admit to not analysing it much. Cheers Ben On Thu, 17 Jan. 2019, 7:16 am Mike Borgelt <[email protected] wrote: > When circling in a thermal, do you > a) keep the string centered > b) fly with it pointing to the outside of the turn > c) why? > > > Your technique may not be doing what you think it is. > > Mike > > > > > > > *Borgelt Instruments* - > *design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 * > www.borgeltinstruments.com > tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 > mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 > P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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