The DG-100 - just park it in a thermal and go up!

Seriously, I tried it once in fairly calm conditions, trimmed it, let go
of the stick, and I managed to gain about a hundred feet before it
started oscillating.

Claudia

Nick Hill wrote:
John Jones wrote:

How many gliders can be trimmed for hands off thermalling?

An instructor showed me, with spoilers open and proper
trim, the glider will stabilize in a slow descending
turn. Claimed it was good for getting out of a cloud.

Neat, but would not want to thermal with the spoilers
open.


People I know who have flown a Skylark 4 state that it will happily
climb in a thermal hands off while you fold you map, eat sandwiches etc

Nick Hill