On 4/24/2021 2:44 AM, wrote:
On Friday, April 23, 2021 at 11:04:07 PM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 4/23/2021 4:41 AM, wrote:
On Friday, April 23, 2021 at 1:09:58 AM UTC-4, jfitch wrote:
Bob, you keep saying "there is an advantage". What advantage, exactly? Are you suggesting that in this ......had no nightmares of a purist recovering from a low save to make it home for
dinner. Just yesterday I got a call from Puerto Rico, it was a motorglider
friend who offered to let me fly his JS3 MJ. I very quickly told him NO, why,
because he would take a picture of me in his motorglider and send it to Seminole
Lakes Motorglider Club and all the MG pilots would fall over laughing.
Seriously, IMHO there is a big advantage to the MG, being able to stretch it out a bit further to gain an advantage is a big plus on the side of the motorglider, simply stated, it prolongs a flight in certain situations, increases the ability to complete task or objectives without otherwise terminating the flight, that in and of itself is a huge advantage. Motorgliders and sustainers need to be scored in a class by themselves. Your friend and purist, Old Bob
I gotta say, this motorglider pilot would leap at the chance to fly a
JS3, even if it DIDN'T have a motor!

You seem a fool to pass up flying such a magnificent sailplane. You
could have learned so much about motorgliders that you are only now
guessing about. Call him back, tell you what to fly it, but just with
tows. It's a start to shedding your ignorance. If you feel comfortable
with it after a few flights, the next step is to think about using the
motor to launch in the JS3 after you've towed all the other gliders. And
think how much more credible you'd be, with actual experience.
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Eric Greenwell - USA
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation"

https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1

Eric, obviously you don't know very much about motorgliders, how do you self launch in a JS3 MJ? Your lack of knowledge is showing, I would suggest doing a bit of research on motorgliders especially the JS3 Jet. I have an idea, in your next book you should write a chapter on self launching a sustainer. Old Bob

I misread it as "MG", and since I do not keep up with all the variations in all
the motorgliders that are available, I guessed it was a self-launcher. The main
point was passing up the chance to fly a magnificient sailplane seems very foolish.

But, a JS3 self-launching jet would be awesome! As would the price, given the
$50K cost for just the PBS TJ-100 that Desert Aerospace would install.

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Eric Greenwell - USA
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1