Pocket Sized Posted November 16, 2016 Posted November 16, 2016 This weekend I put another glider flight in my log book, and it was extremely fun. On the way up I was told to box the wake, which is where you skirt around the perimeter of the wake turbulence behind the tow plane. Very good way of learning to use your feet during the tow. After a few currency maneuvers to give the instructor an idea of how much I've remembered we began the spins. He would pull the glider into a climbing turn while adding rudder into the turn and pulling the stick into the corner. A wing would drop and the nose would soon follow. After a turn or two he took his hands off and said "Your glider, recover!" A stomp on the pedals and a dive recovery later we were level again. (Shamelessly going to admit spinning aircraft in DCS helped a TON with recognising and predicting what the plane was doing) I wish I had more time to write this now, but I was wondering if anyone had fun/interesting/scary stories about their first time spinning an airplane (intentional or not). DCS modules are built up to a spec, not down to a schedule. In order to utilize a system to your advantage, you must know how it works.
carlos.gh Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 What glider are you using for training? My training glider was an ASK-21. Not good for spin training as it is hard to get it into a spin (with my weight at least :) and it recovers almost immediately.
Pocket Sized Posted January 5, 2017 Author Posted January 5, 2017 What glider are you using for training? My training glider was an ASK-21. Not good for spin training as it is hard to get it into a spin (with my weight at least :) and it recovers almost immediately. 2-33 The fact that it spins so well is pretty surprising, you really have to try to get so much as a wing drop during a stall. DCS modules are built up to a spec, not down to a schedule. In order to utilize a system to your advantage, you must know how it works.
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