>From Ray Parker, one of Gympie’s instructors. From: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 10:31 AM To: Christopher McDonnell Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Re landing 3 wheel gliders (eg ASK21,G103 etc)
You can pass this onto Ian if you like Chris. I was making a hangar flight in our Twenty One and flying it as I would a K13. With the K13 as you run out of huff if you very carefully and gently keep the nose down as the wheel begins to touch the ground effect run can continue. Not so in the Twenty One . The nose wheel eventually touches and I guess from the C of G position on the Twenty One the aircraft begins a rapid oscillation see sawing about the C of G You have to very carefully ride it out and dampen the oscillation . Flying the nose wheel onto the ground at speed would I should imagine produce something quite violent and even more rapid . For what it is worth. Regards Ray
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