One technique I've heard discussed is how to land on a center pivot alfalfa
field. The thought expressed was to plan to land crosswind on the downwind
side of the circle so the crosswind helps the glider make the turn to follow
the lane between the pivot arm wheel tracks.


"Nyal Williams" wrote in message
...
Banking would not have a whole lot to do with it after
losing flying speed. The turn would be cause by the
rudder's acting against the wheel and blowng the tail
around-- if you can keep the tail wheel off the ground.
A little bit of bank would probably be helpful but
there would be no need to get the wing tip close to
the ground unless there is a really big cross wind.

At 16:18 03 January 2008, Chris wrote:
On Jan 3, 10:16=A0am, Martin Gregorie
wrote:

I've read about an experimental circular runway being
built in the USA
during the '20s or '30s:

Speaking of which, I've been wondering how easy it
would be to land in
a curved field. Is there much special technique to
landing on a
curved field with trees on the sides? I suppose the
biggest challenge
would be to touch down at the right spot tangent to
the curve and keep
the right bank angle in through the pattern all the
way to the stop.

Suppose somebody could try it on a big square field.

Not dragging the inside wing would be the biggest challenge,
maybe a
high wing glider like a K-8 would be easier.

Chris