Re: Tom Knauff's newsletter

This is certainly what makes hand launched gliders work.  For a right
handed person they are built for a left turn and thrown into the air in a
climbing right turn, which, if done correctly will round out at the top
and begin a left turn just as the extra energy is dissipated.

To build one it is necessary to put in a little left rudder and a little
right aileron to stabilize the turn.  Done properly, they will fly away in
a thermal and probably not be found again.


At 22:10 04 July 2008, tknauff@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>During a steep left turn, how are the controls held?
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>Right aileron to counteract the overbanking tendency.
>Left Rudder in the direction of the turn. (A paragraph or two is
>required to explain this, but the right wing in this case is creating
>more drag and the tail needs to be slightly outside the arc of the
>turn as the CG is exactly on the arc.)
>Back stick pressure. The glider weighs more in a turn, and the center
>of mass is ahead of the center of lift.
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>Happy fourth of July!!!
>
>Tom Knauff
>http://www.eglider.org
>tknauff@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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