Comment on "Keel-fixed versus keel free: Spectrum 144: self-sustaining yaw-roll oscillations"
...when we fly in a constant-banked turn and then pull in the bar while exerting no roll torque on the bar, the glider will roll into a turn in the opposite direction. Again, when...Comment on "Installing a BRS (recovery parachute)- Preference / use by Country"
...y low and may be that is why we see the results of the poll showing Australian pilots are not generally fitting chutes which seems to be the opposite to the trend in the USA....Comment on "Pismo Beach- near Recreational Dunes area (aka flying above the jealous people & their silly earth-bound toys)"
...n drive an RV down onto the beach to camp. Mostly motorcyclists / dune buggy racers do this. There's a more sedate RV park on the opposite side of the dunes where I hav...Comment on "Should Trike wings be rated just like Paraglider and Powered Paraglider wings?"
...turn, don't pitch forward, and stop the roll by weightshifting in the opposite direction. It's a bad techniq...get slip, slip gives billow shift in the direction that aids roll, and opposite weight shift is sometimes no...