New Gliding Site
 

I think we should have a seperate gliding section in Pprune.

We could call it "Gliding"....

Even the chap from Pilot could find it then, as well as glider pilots.

Yah boo power pilots! We can see you! You can't see us!

Edited 'cos I can't spel.

[This message has been edited by Hang On, I'm Busy (edited 09 December 2000).]

And that make's you feel good does it? Don't joke about it fool.

There used to be a separate forum for glider pilots but no-one used it so it was axed a couple of weeks ago.

Mike W

Skylark 4,

I'm glad I don't have to rig you. Very heavy centre section!

Skylark 4, I'm glad I don't have to roll you... very heavy airlerons!!!!!

HIOB I think Skylark 4 is correct; there was a forum for glider pilots before we got the Private Flying forum going. Your best bet, if you think it can sustain, is to get a few like-minded people who are going to use the site, then e-mail Danny and suggest it. That's how we got this forum created.

Good luck. :)

Nah- don't bother cluttering up pprune with all our gliding yack. There are allready gliding forums around: If you are a gliderpilot with a sense of humour get your ass to
<A HREF="http://www.gliderpilot.net" TARGET="_blank">www.gliderpilot.net</A>
and then enter the URASB forum.

If you are a gliderpilot without a sense of humour, enter the URAS or any of the other ones.

Enjoy...

1.3 and sprog.

We have a very good bit of rigging kit in the form of frames which pick up on the end fittings so that the centre section rolls out of the trailer, leading edge down, to a position in front of the fuz. We then rotate it to the horizontal where it will sit quite happily like a very long table with a bit of a sag in the middle. The fuz is standing upright on a deadman. We then just bend our knees, grab fold of the handles provided, and stand up. The centre section is now at a suitable height to be just walked over the fuz and lowered into place. We can rig with just two people but it`s nice to have three.

I don`t find the ailerons too heavy. Heavier than a modern glass ship I suppose but much lighter than an Oly 419. Once you have her turning you can leave them alone anyway. She flies a better thermal turn on her own than any pilot can achieve.

I have a share in an Ogar motorglider as well and that really does have bad ailerons. They aren`t heavy so much as stiff so it is very difficult to actually set the thing straight and level. Not a peculiarity of our aircraft I believe. I`m told they are all like that.

Mike W

I just thought I'd find out how many glider pilots there are in here. Thee were never any in AAW.

loglickychops - yeh it makes me feel good. I'm a lot less scared that way......

And yes, I am a fool!!

Skylark 4- Easy now!! We were only joking y'know!!
The Skylark 4 is without doubt one of the most beautiful, classic, wooden gliders of all time. A big, gentle giant- Fred Slingsby at his best!

Skylark 4,

I used to have access to a Skylark 3 many years ago. Once trimmed out in a thermal you could let go of everything and eat your lunch - she went round as if on rails.

The only problem was rolling in and out as the rudder pedals were of the non-adjustable organ pedal type. Being a short-@rse my thermal entry technique was to slide down the cockpit to apply a bootful of rudder and the slide back up again which allowed me to bend my legs enough to permit the application of aileron. The reverse was necessary to roll level.

Happy days - particularly the summer of 1976. Still, flying around these days with L/Ds of around 50:1 does have its own attractions!

Hang On - let me know where you fly from. You'll be doing me a favour

Sprog.
You misunderstand me, I am not upset. Just setting the record straight.
Another Skylark 4 has arrived in my Club and this has generatedthe biggest discussion ever on our club net. 75 entries and counting I believe.
Bottom line is:- it`s a really cheap way to get some quality flying.

Mike W