Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site terak.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!hao!noao!terak!dennis From: dennis@terak.UUCP (Dennis Kodimer) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Re: Flap Flap Message-ID: <408@terak.UUCP> Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 19:42:54 EST Article-I.D.: terak.408 Posted: Wed Feb 27 19:42:54 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Mar-85 04:17:30 EST References: <235@tekred.UUCP> <380@terak.UUCP> <1034@phoenix.UUCP> Organization: Terak Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Lines: 38 > > Do sailplane pilots use their speed brakes this way ? > Indeed they do. I was taught (and used to apply before I got married and couldn't afford it) two methods to settle a sailplane in reuseable shape. First is power style holding airspeed with attitude and prefering slip to spoilers or flaps. (Ever heard of a slip sticking on final?). Second is Kamakaze style... Turn final at 300+ AGL and point the nose 30 feet ahead of your intended berth and hold it there. As you slide out of the sky like a roller coaster (sailplanes are notorious for low low drag) use airbrakes (spoilers) to keep around 60 knots IAS. And lastly, be sure you're not too fascinated by the sight of the airstrip expanding before you with one spot still, to forget to flare. This has the advantage of the pilot knowing his glide slope will reach the runway. What it really does is translate the problem from glide slope management into energy dispersal. It can be heart stopping, though, to enter final too high and then find that spoilers on some craft (especially those ubiquitous Switzer 2-33s) make more noise than decelleration. This leads to method 2a (unknown to most power folks and outlawed at most profitable sailports) called `circling on final'. I'll bet a few landings in a sailplane for some folk would eschew their low-and-plenty-of-power approaches. You rarely get to go around. -- Quite sincerely, ...still waiting for the electrician, Dennis Kodimer or someone like him. uucp: ...{decvax,hao,ihnp4,seismo}!noao!terak!dennis phone: 602 998 4800 us mail: Terak Corporation, 14151 N 76th street, Scottsdale, AZ 85260