Dave Nadler wrote:
Due to a last-minute cancellation, SSA asked me to
speak at the convention.

I'm speaking on "So you think you want a motor-glider".
While I have a good supply of motor-glider stories and
anecdotes (possibly too many, if you get my drift), I'm
looking for more.

E-mail me offline if they're too embarrassing (they
WILL remain anonymous)...

Thanks in advance,
Best Regards, Dave "YO electric"

Not sure if this will suit your purpose, but in the long
ago, when cleared to take off shortly after a sizeable
passenger jet, I found that my motor-glider (a Fournier
RF4) was executing a snappy roll to the right, and
straight towards the tower. It was interesting because,
with its high aspect ratio wings, this airplane was
known for a rather pedestrian roll rate.
What is a pedestrian roll rate through a stationary
airmass, became an exciting roll rate in a rolling
airmass however.
[It was a year or two later, that increased clearance
behind heavy jets was introduced, coincidentally.]

It was the case that such aircraft would be hand-propped
from behind the prop, on the left side, which often
created moments of drang und sturm from onlookers.

Brian W