We had an incident in our club G-103 in which the forwqrd edge of the
elevator gap seal lifted on tow, rendering the elevator ineffective. The
glider pitched up under tow and full forward stick would not get the nose
down. The pilot released at about 50ft and was able to land straight ahead
using the trim tab. No damage, fortunately. We have added that to our
pre-flight checklist.


At 05:23 15 February 2009, bumper wrote:

This video was mentioned on backcountrypilot.org. I figured I understood

tailplane icing, etc. But watching the video was an eye-opener. This also

very much applies to pilots who don't plan on flying in icing
conditions.
A
failed gap seal on a glider comes to mind as well.

At first I was going to skip this video as it's 23 minutes long. Please

watch it, there's not a boring moment. bumper

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...23060735779946