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February 12th 15, 01:27 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Don Johnstone[_4_]
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Overspeed Recovery question
At 23:07 11 February 2015,
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On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 6:58:58 PM UTC-8,
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If you inadvertently fly into the yellow range and kiss the red range,
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d you get into the high speed vibration, what is the best way to slow
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e the wings depart the glider. My sense is to reach for the spoilers and
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lowly extend to slow. Any opinions on that matter?
Thanks all for your input. The senario as stated in my quest has
happened
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to me several times whilst flying Condor - Glider flight Simulation
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e. I've been deploying spoilers to slow down but that I would ask this
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up in case it happens in a real glider. Your inputs, as I suspected, are
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ell thought out and are convincing. My thoughts to control highspeed
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t (overspeed flight) will be pitch.
My reluctance to recommend the spoilers is mainly, but not only, for
aerodynamic reasons, a scaphoid fracture is extremely painful, which is
best avoided unless faced with a life or death situation. The very loud
bang as the airbrakes hit the stop is more than a bit scary as well.
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