At 15:11 17 July 2008, jb92563 wrote:
>I have heard some really good points about the rudder waggle issue.
>
>- Rudder Waggle at low speed, high AoA is more dangerous for the tow
>plane(Stall/Spin sound familiar?)
>- New signals will be just as easy to forget or get confused.
>- Radio use is a good idea although both pilots will be busy enough
>unless they have a stick mounted transmit button with a boom mic.
>- Training the glider pilot to use a pre take-off check list is smart.
>- Training the pilot to recognise signals is also a good idea.
>- Having aircraft designed that don't extend spoilers by air pressure/
>suction when left unlocked.
>- Having Tow hooks that prevent full spoiler deployment while on tow.
>(You need a little spoiler somtimes to prevent line slack)
>- Use Flaps instead of spoilers on gliders.
>
>No solutions that solve all the issues have been suggested EXCEPT
>train, Train, TRAIN and RE-TRAIN the glider pilots on this issue.
>
>I dont like the idea of changing a system for something equally as
>faulted because a few incidents have occured.
>
>Its a people problem not a technical problem that we need to solve.
>
>Any technical solution will still rely on the pilot and is prone to
>fail at that point, be it the tow pilot flicking the right switch for
>the appropriate light signals, or using a radio when the glider may
>have forgotten to bring it or not charged the batteries sufficiently,
>or changing the signal to something else and the confusion of the
>change itself.
>
>If there was a practical alternative that was trully less inherently
>faulty then I would be all for it, but the only practicle solution
>suggested so far is
>Training.....
>
>Ray
I agree it's a training problem and a technical solution is not the
answer. Technical things fail. The current system is extremely simple with
only 4 main "emergency" procedures
Loose sight of the tug - Release immediately (No exceptions)
Tug waggles its wings - Release immediately (No exceptions)
Tug waggles the rudder - Check airbrakes
Gliders flies out to left and waggles wings - Glider unable to release
The above can all be made by radio but the simple procedures above work if
radio is not fitted or has failed.
If a glider ot tug pilot does not understand these four things, and even
at my advanced age I can remember them, then further training is
indicated. If you don't understand the rules then you should not be doing
it.
I recommend the following as an essential read
http://www.gliding.co.uk/bgainfo/clubmanagement/do***ents/a*****ownotes.pdf
You made need to reconstruct the link.
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