Hello all, I finally got my feet off the ground for the first time for real today - I had a couple flights in a Grob 103 (http://www.glide.co.uk/aboutus/ images/EWP3.jpg is the actual a/c).
One winch launch and one aero-tow. You don't half go up quick on the winch launch:) We had 20-25 kt oblique cross-winds and lots of small turbulence with the result that they were both pretty bumpy rides:) Hardly ideal soaring conditions and no-one stayed up very long - our air-tow was one of the longest flights at 20 minutes. Most noticable difference - my seat here at home doesn't move. You don't feel the lift and sink through your backside:) Or the gusts and turbulence... Most disconcerting difference - there was little sense of forward motion so when in moderate bank it felt more like we were tipping over rather than turning. In steeper banks there was a bit of G and it actually felt a bit more secure. Approach and landing was not what I'd expect either - stick out the airbrakes while still several hundred feet in the air and then dive down to the ground, level off and flair. It was amusing to balance the a/c on it's center-line u/c, on the ground after landing, just using the wind over the ailerons:) Sorry this is OT but there isn't anyone else who'd really understand. A most enlightening experience;) LeeE _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
