Here is my report...
http://www.masc51.com
Deployment in Utah
Deployment in Utah
Last edited by M@rkus on Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:37 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Thanks for a complete and candid report-- and good reading too.
This is not necessarily related to your experience, but it may be worth kicking around:
Power pilots in a spin are taught not to pull back on the stick (the equivalent of pushing out in a HG). It only deepens the spin and stresses the airframe.
The recovery sequence is, dive, stop the turn, recover gently to level flight. Since a spin feels like you're heading straight down already, the diving part is quite counterintuitive. But it is necessary to reattach flow to the control surfaces.
I really don't know if this applies to hang gliders caught in a high-G spiral. Planes have a rudder to stop the turn, and we don't.
This is not necessarily related to your experience, but it may be worth kicking around:
Power pilots in a spin are taught not to pull back on the stick (the equivalent of pushing out in a HG). It only deepens the spin and stresses the airframe.
The recovery sequence is, dive, stop the turn, recover gently to level flight. Since a spin feels like you're heading straight down already, the diving part is quite counterintuitive. But it is necessary to reattach flow to the control surfaces.
I really don't know if this applies to hang gliders caught in a high-G spiral. Planes have a rudder to stop the turn, and we don't.