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Correct way of holding the stick during ground roll?
Very beginning pilot here (again).....and I am confused about the
appropriate way of holding the stick during the ground roll prior to take off. In Thomas Knauff's Glider Basics, he states (p.59, 2005 edition): "....before signaling to proceed with the launch, the glider pilot should set the elevator by holding the control stick at the approximate position that will result in the proper angle of attack. To do this, move the control stick the full allowable travel fore and aft, and then find the mid-point, or neutral position. Move the control stick back about 1/2 inch from this neutral position. This will be very close to the optimum position for takeoff. Aircraft designers build aircraft this way." However, in Russell Holtz's Flight Training for Gliders, I see (p. 27, 2008 edition): "If the glider norally rests on its main wheel and tail wheel, the stick should be held forward of neutral, so the as the glider picks up speed, the tail wheel will rise off the ground." I'm training in a Blanik L-23, which has a main wheel and a tailwheel. Knauff makes no mention of whether to hold the stick forward or aft depending on if the glider has a tail wheel or a nose wheel, yet Holtz does. (It's been three weeks since I've flown, and I can't remember what my instructors did.) For a glider with a tail wheel, which is correct? --Michael |
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