Future Club Training Gliders
On Nov 10, 1:29*pm, BruceGreeff wrote:
On 2010/11/09 11:36 PM, Mike Ash wrote:
Some folk are strange and actually WANT to fly the vintage trainers.
No problem with that. I like old wooden gliders too. I just have a
problem with coercing others to fly them if they want something
better. (A 2-33 isn't 'vintage', it's just old.)
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The K21 is a honey to fly, but I wonder about the completeness of
skills it would provide if it were the only trainer used.
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As others have pointed out, the K-21 will spin just fine with the CG
aft and weight kits are available just for that purpose. I find even
with the CG well forward, the ASK-21 clearly exhibits all the pre-
stall/stall behaviors a student needs to learn. Just asking them to
compare how the K-21 handles at 36Kts vs 42Kts convinces them it flies
a lot better at 42. It barks, but doesn't bite.
One youngster said in delight, "Hey, it gets wobbley when it's slow
just like a bicycle". Yup!
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