On Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 3:59:16 PM UTC+13, Bill D wrote:
On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 6:49:09 PM UTC-7, Bruce Hoult wrote:
On Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 12:07:31 PM UTC+13, wrote:
On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 6:58:58 PM UTC-8, wrote:
If you inadvertently fly into the yellow range and kiss the red range, and you get into the high speed vibration, what is the best way to slow before the wings depart the glider. My sense is to reach for the spoilers and slowly extend to slow. Any opinions on that matter?

Thanks all for your input. The senario as stated in my quest has happened to me several times whilst flying Condor - Glider flight Simulation software. I've been deploying spoilers to slow down but that I would ask this group in case it happens in a real glider. Your inputs, as I suspected, are well thought out and are convincing. My thoughts to control highspeed flight (overspeed flight) will be pitch.

The flutter in condor is nasty, and happens at speeds well below where any real glider would probably experience flutter. The simulated glider also falls apart very very quickly!

Have a lot of experience at that?

Yes. Real gliders I've flown have never fluttered at indicated Vne at low altitude. Condor does every time.