Haven't tried West End?
"Kevin McGowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 18/04/2007 09:11 AM Please respond to "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: [Aus-soaring] Pipcher K-4? I though that Gliders were like beer, no bad ones, just some better than others. K >From: "Caleb White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in >Australia."<[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Pipcher K-4? >Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:12:43 +1000 > >Itâ??s actually very simple, although itâ??s taken me ten years to work it >out - My favourite glider is the one Iâ??m flying at the time. Thatâ??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 _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: 1000s of Sexy Singles online now at Lavalife - Click here http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Flavalife9%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fclickthru%2Fclickthru%2Eact%3Fid%3Dninemsn%26context%3Dan99%26locale%3Den%5FAU%26a%3D27782&_t=762229680&_r=lavalife_apr07_1000sexysingles&_m=EXT _______________________________________________ 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
