Yeah Mark, I agree that a good working wheel-brake is essential. I seem to recall that something similar to what you described with the Arrow also happened on the Benalla airfield - I think it was about the time of the last pre-worlds. Maybe some old Benalla hand can supply the details?
The other argument for a minimum energy landing is of course, that you do not have to push the glider so far back - always to the fence if you are wise - if you are getting an aerotow retrieve. I learnt about this on my first or second dual XC, when part of the exercise was to deliberately outland the 2-seater into a paddock. My Instructor had briefed me about minimum energy landings, but in the event I was a bit long. After we had huffed and puffed our way back to the fence, he had the grace to only say - I think you now understand why I advised you to land short! This is advice I have never forgotten. What I am talking about here, relates to relatively benign days ONLY! HOWEVER, it is horses for courses, and there are many outlanding situations where the application of the principle, requires you to fly somewhat radical circuits, or possibly straight ins - best avoided (if possible), in most circumstances. Here are a some -real - scenarios for you to consider. Landing in 30 - 50 kn winds, landing over high trees, or worse still, a landing that needs you to consider a combination of both these two elements. One more: You are flying on a wave day and encounter 3000 fpm down. You are at 6000' over unlandable country. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Newton To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Bad air/Outlandings On 17/03/2013, at 7:55 PM, [email protected] wrote: Of course, for relative newcomers to the sport, what Byars & Holbrook, were really warning about, was avoiding running into unexpected obstacles, on the ground run. An argument for fully held off minimum energy landings and serviceable wheel brakes: Here are some possibilities that I have heard about, that might spoil your day. ASC had a photo of an Arrow suspended above a drainage ditch by its wingtips. The story I heard (apocryphal, but it sounds good around the bar) was that the pilot lined-up on the ditch thinking it was a vehicle track, and only realized it had depth when it was too late. - mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2240 / Virus Database: 2641/5684 - Release Date: 03/17/13
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