It’s actually very simple, although it’s taken me ten years to work it out - My favourite glider is the one I’m flying at the time. That’s any glider, wood, metal or even plastic.
-----Original Message----- From: "JR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:20:30 +0930 Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Pipcher K-4? Surely Bruce you cannot say that a cirrus has feel in the elevator circuit ? and as for hornets libelles mosquito,s they are nice and light on the controls, you think them around the sky, beautiful, a sailplane you can fly all day and still feel refreshed , I just like flying, and I dont mind most of the machines we have in Australia, my dislikes of some types comes from working on them. regards JR ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Campbell To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Pipcher K-4? Mitch, Std Cirrus is MUCH nicer to fly than a Libelle. Just don't let go of the stick, and don't fly it at the aft limit. Aileron/rudder coord is perfect. Libelle is shocking. Elevator is not pitch sensitive as such, it is just low stick force per G. That sounds counter-intuitive, but for normal control movements it is not sensitive, but excessive movements produce large G loading - esp if you let go of the stick and it gets a gust or something - then the stick goes to full travel (either way) and you get a large G response. Easy fix - DON'T LET GO OF THE STICK. I never had PIO in a Std Cirrus, and I've flown 7 of them now. I did have PIO in a Hornet (piece of junk) as there is no "feel" to the stick at all. Cheers Bruce On 17/04/07, Mitchell Preston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Looks like the result of a Piper Cub and a K4 having a quick 'liaison' behind a hangar... Speaking of all-moving tails (boom tish!), I always found myself at least 10 seconds behind the similarly-adorned Janus that BT used to have at his Kentucky ops. I've never quite worked up the courage to get back into a glider of the AMT species. I'm sure my fears are unfounded - just a case of once bitten etc. I dips me lid to you Std Cirrus drivers. Can't be any more 'difficult' to fly than a Std Libelle, can they? On the topic of glider handling characteristics, an open question to all and sundry (and JR): which glider has had you walking away from it after landing saying "Thanks, but no thanks"? I don't mean the Libelle, by the way (my father had one - I thought it was tops). Alf Lying-Tale. On 17/04/2007, at 7:57 AM, Caleb White wrote: > That's actually one of the more tasteful K-4 motor conversions I've > seen photos of. > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
