Originally Posted by
robstitt
An interesting, nostalgic read. I was one of four cadets to attend a gliding course at Swanton Morley who rashly raised his hand to undergo training on XV951, with the caution that we might not go solo. All went well and I became the first to solo on type. I later got to meet Prince Phillip when he visited Kirbymoorside and still have the Slingsby company tie and T.53B colour brochure. If the T.53 did have excess adverse yaw, I didn't know about it at the time and the required rudder work obviously stood me in good stead as I later trained on taildraggers and am rebuilding one now.
Robert
If you hadn't flown anything else before, I dare say you wouldn't have been aware of the adverse yaw; when I flew in '951 at Halton with Douggie King in the back seat, I was a P2 (G1 nowadays) and already had over 500 launches in Sedburgh/Prefect/Mk3 so to me it was immediately noticeable and I remember Douggie saying about it'