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On Aug 11, 3:58 pm, BobW <rfwhe...@greeleynet.com> wrote: > On 8/9/2011 10:19 PM, Bruce Hoult wrote: > > > On Aug 2, 2:15 pm, BobW<rfwhe...@greeleynet.com>  wrote: > >> As for the rollout, how many 1-26 drivers > >> routinely roll no more than 300 feet on a hard surface after touchdown? (And > >> how long does your skid plate last?) > > > I haven't flown one of those in anger, but most of my     

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Author: jim wynhoff
Date: Aug 11, 2011 17:59

On 8/9/2011 10:19 PM, Bruce Hoult wrote: On Aug 2, 2:15 pm, BobW<rfwhe...@greeleynet.com> wrote: As for the rollout, how many 1-26 drivers routinely roll no more than 300 feet on a hard surface after touchdown? (And how long does your skid plate last?) I haven't flown one of those in anger, but most of my genuine landouts have been in a PW5. I always pace out the distances
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On 8/11/2011 8:01 AM, Tony wrote: >> The biggest downside to flaps is that they are hard to train for, >> since there are few two-seaters that have them. And too many gliders >> that do have them (I'm looking at you, SGS 1-35), don't have enough of >> them, so it's too easy to float down the runway. Flaps that go to only >> 60 degrees aren't enough; it takes at least 85 to reliably kill the     

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Author: BobW
Date: Aug 11, 2011 15:58

> Btw, the distance of the ground run after touchdown has little to do with flaps & airbrakes - it's a function of the speed at touch down, and your gross weight. Ah, the potential fuzziness of free, condensed, advice! While some of the above statement is absolutely correct, specifically the, "...it's a function of the speed at touch down, and your gross weight" bit, the, "Btw
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The second link should be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19uZV4wH00U "Wayne Paul" wrote in message news:LpCdneDW0L2het7TnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@supernews.com... Due to the lack of a "large span" trainer, Bob K developed the following page to assist Schreder sailplane owners make the transition. http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder/Stories/Preparing_for_first_HP_flight.htm Even though the page     

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Author: BobW
Date: Aug 11, 2011 15:49

Due to the lack of a "large span" trainer, Bob K developed the following page to assist Schreder sailplane owners make the transition. http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder/Stories/Preparing_for_first_HP_flight.htm Even though the page was designed for HPs, it applies to any flaps-only sailplane. Here are a couple other landing videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC55ikXmo5I http://www
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> The biggest downside to flaps is that they are hard to train for, > since there are few two-seaters that have them. And too many gliders > that do have them (I'm looking at you, SGS 1-35), don't have enough of > them, so it's too easy to float down the runway. Flaps that go to only > 60 degrees aren't enough; it takes at least 85 to reliably kill the > float and get onto the ground with authority     

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Author: BobW
Date: Aug 11, 2011 15:47

On Aug 2, 10:35 pm, Scott <acepilotREM...@bloomer.net> wrote: As a noob to gliders (coming from powered airplanes), I always thought that spoilers were "the bomb"  :)  One thing I like about spoilers over flaps is that you can go from full spoilers to no spoilers instantly without bad effects.  Can't do that with flaps...if you misjudge and put on too much, too early, there isn't much
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On Aug 2, 2:15 pm, BobW <rfwhe...@greeleynet.com> wrote: > As for the rollout, how many 1-26 drivers > routinely roll no more than 300 feet on a hard surface after touchdown? (And > how long does your skid plate last?) I haven't flown one of those in anger, but most of my genuine landouts have been in a PW5. I always pace out the distances afterwards. The usual figures are about 30 paces     

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Author: Wayne Paul
Date: Aug 11, 2011 07:32

Am 05.07.11 09:31, schrieb JP Sartre: Natürlich ist es böse, Kriminelle zu kontrollieren!;-) Ohne Sarksamus: Die Dänen wollen die Grenzen kontrollieren, nicht EU-Bürgern den Eintritt in ihr Land verwehren (oder eben wählen, wer von den EU- Bürgern rein darf und wer nicht); aber sie täten halt gerne wissen, ob nun gerade ein paar Flüchtlinge, die kein Schengenvisum haben,
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Author: Wayne Paul
Date: Aug 11, 2011 07:28

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Author: Tony
Date: Aug 11, 2011 07:01

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Author: Bruce Hoult
Date: Aug 9, 2011 21:35

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Author: Bruce Hoult
Date: Aug 9, 2011 21:19

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Author: FritzS
Date: Jul 5, 2011 02:54

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