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Old January 29th 04, 04:48 PM
Bert Willing
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I would never dream of spinning a ballasted wing intenionally - especially
if you have water bags instead of tanks.
There is no reason whatsoever that the bags should resist to the water
rushing into the wingtip section, and when they burst you are in deep ****.

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Bert Willing

ASW20 "TW"


"Andy Durbin" a écrit dans le message de
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Bruce Greeff wrote in message

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I understand that most modern European single seaters exhibit a violent
spin entry, progressing to an approximately vertical attitude with
airspeed approaching VNE on recovery in this configuration.


Some modern gliders may have violent spin entry but others do not. My
ASW-28 appears to be as benign as my old ASW 19.

There is a paradox though. If spins are prohibited with water ballast
how can a pilot know how the glider will behave. All my deliberate
spin attempts in the 19 and 28 were dry, but nearly all of my flying
is with ballast.


Andy