Originally Posted by
douglas.lindsay
I'm probably being too cautious, then... it was dead calm (or nearly) and of course when we did turn final at 50k the thing was solid as a rock, no lack of authority, no buffet, etc - but I was rather keenly aware of how good my speed control had to be. And of how finely controlled my round-out - er - isn't yet.
Thanks all, interesting stuff. And cats_five, let me know who you are on Thursday
No doubt your instructor(s) will soon be demonstrating stalling in various attitudes and showing how G-loading affects your stalling speed. This'll be a good opportunity for you to learn what the speed at which the particular glider you're flying, in its configuration on the day (i.e. pilot weights, how clean/dirty/wet the wings are, etc.) stalls at when flying straight and how this changes according to various G-loadings (achieved by altering bank angles).