On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 11:24 +1000, Mike Borgelt wrote: > At 07:54 AM 30/03/06, you wrote: > >Mike Borgelt wrote: > > > >>Anyway, read the article. It is made quite clear that fore and aft > >>stick position is all there is to it. <snip> This thread reminds me of some experiences I had many years ago. A syndicate I was in purchased the VMFG's Longwing Kookaburra VH GRC and I went down to Baccus Marsh to pick it up.
Alan Patching offered me a flight before we de rigged it and mentioned, in passing, that it would not spin. I was a bit skeptical as the Southern Cross Longwing (VH GLZ) used to spin quite normally but I was unable to spin it. After we had been flying it at Camden for a while we noticed that if you were a bit late in commencing the flare a landing could become an arrival. During the 20 Yearly inspection we were measuring all the control surface deflections and discovered that with the stick at the end of its travel the up elevator deflection was noticeably less than the design figure. After the elevator stop was adjusted there were no more "arrivals" and the aircraft could be spun. cheers, Ken _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
