Rick,
I only have a few flights but did soar the ridge in Oahu at Dillingham field on the north shore. Both instructors were real firm on slow flight with lots of attention to not letting the tips get slow. I is not like a hang glider were you just stuff the bar to get the tip going again. Slow yawing is a no no, but i have very limited sailplane time.
The video was too cool, it looks great.
Regards,
Charlie
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Thanks for the advise Charlie. I only have one flight in a sailplane so I don't have any experience there to draw on. Practice slow turns high....keep the speed up low. 1.5 stall a sailplane pilot has told me...
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Rick,
Great news. Keep the tips flying , sailplanes tend to tip stall and spin , lead the turns with rudder.
Regards,
Charlie Johnson
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On Dec 20, 2012, at 8:59 AM, Rick Mullins <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.> wrote:
It took almost 4 years but I took the first flight yesterday. Everything went well and I was surprised to even have a little lift to work on a cold winter day. First impressions: The sink rate and thermalling is awesome. The controls will take a little getting used to. The roll control feels a little strange. I have no experience in sailplanes and only about 400 in small planes. The roll pressures are heavier than I expected and while the stick is mostly neutral in the center as you start getting to the extremes the stick wants to "fall" the rest of the way to the limit. Maybe a quirk of the way the way the triangular control block works as it goes over center or maybe I don't have something adjusted quite right? Maybe someone here who has flown one can comment. But over all I can tell I'm going to have a good time with this. The day after Christmas I'm heading to Florida, warm weather, and thermals to get wired into this thing.. I've uploaded a few new pictures of my first flights.
