On Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 8:58:23 PM UTC-7, James Betker wrote:
I've got a question - let's assume that the speculation going on here is right and that the elevator control was locked in a full nose-high station - what is the optimal thing to do if you are ever faced with this? Am I right in assuming that it is to bail as quickly as possible before you start building G-loads which would make bailing impossible? If you somehow got yourself into a scenario where you were endlessly looping the glider, would deploying full airbrakes bleed enough energy to stop the looping (and maybe induce a spin instead)?

This is certainly a nightmare scenario. My condolences go out to the friends and family of the departed.

If you are being subjected to 10 g's it would be very difficult to raise your arm to pull the handle - your 10 lb arm suddenly becomes 100 lb.

Tom