And please raise the tail when you put in on a contest grid so it
won't roll back and hit the glider behind you. It makes a great sail
with the tail down!

That is very true, after my G2 started moving under a slight wind, I found a
rock to act as a wheel chock. The wheel is right on top of the flying CG and at
the Minden regionals, I climbed in and she didn't come down on the nose wheel.
There I sat with my nose pointed at the sky.The line boy asked if that was the
way I normally took off? I said, NO, please shove my nose down. BTW, the wheel
- CG location will cause it to weather - vane into a cross wind at the end of a
landing into a cross wind. Just be ready to jump on that good hydraulic brake,
if it happens. I have seen this twice, as I rolled out at about 10 mph, she
turned her nose into the wind and opposite rudder did nothing. Same thing is
true in a H-301 Libelle. I believe it is all a matter of main wheel location in
relation to the loaded CG position.


JJ Sinclair