On Nov 30, 11:05 am, John Smith wrote:
Dan G wrote:
What do your instructors say about using back-stick in the K21?

The same as in any other glider: Use as needed to keep your target speed.

That's what I think but I put this specifically to the full cat* I was
flying with and he disagreed, saying "you'll risk spinning on the
wire" if you use "any" back stick in the K21, and that you should ride
the speed with the elevator neutral throughout the launch until you
need to wave-off (signal the winch driver to slow down by waggling the
tail).

shrugs .


Dan

*in the UK there are three categories of instructor: "full" is the
highest, the others being "basic" and "half"