JS3 chatter

Wish I had the airbrake locking feature on the Stemme. Currently I have
to have my wife dump the flaps after landing. If I let go of the
airbrake lever to retract the flaps (to increase weight on the gear),
the brakes are as likely to close as not. In cross winds that can be a
problem with a wing wanting to lift.

On 1/2/2017 10:56 AM, wrote:
I like that they relocated the wheel brake on the stick, uncoupling it from the airbrake. That and the airbrake locking mechanism should simplify the landing roll.

CG

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Dan, 5J

On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 6:07:57 AM UTC-8, wrote:
More info on air venting inside the cockpit ?

I've seen the central channel and the sealed hole for instruments cooling but I don't see any vent directing air flow to the pilot.

How can the pilot avoid boiling in the Australian hot weather ? Only the slide window ?


In the long video on the WGC webpage, the right side of the cockpit above the landing gear handle has two small vents with a circular knob in between. Perhaps a small hidden electric fan controlled by the knob takes in air through one of these two vents and sends it out toward the pilot through the other. Just a guess.

Like the a model Ventus, the JS3 appears to have a small man's cockpit. Wonder if a 6'2" pilot with wide shoulders and a little extra "insulation" will fit? You guys in Benella give us the scoop.

No it doesn't. It is the same old ASH 26 cockpit size.

On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 1:22:43 PM UTC-6, Dan Marotta wrote:
Wish I had the airbrake locking feature on the Stemme. Currently I have
to have my wife dump the flaps after landing.
Dan, 5J

Now we know the real reason Dan brings his wife along to fly... we were misled into thinking he was just being a thoughtful husband!

I am sure, and have been told by people who have seen it, that it is a good sized cockpit but I can't see the relevance of judging an obviously different newly designed fuselage and cockpit to the ASH 26. The JS1?- fair enough. But not the JS3.

On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 12:18:41 PM UTC-5, krasw wrote:
No it doesn't. It is the same old ASH 26 cockpit size.

To me, it appears Uys "fills" his JS3 cockpit but looks can deceive. Seeing the likes of Bruce Taylor or one of the Goudriaan brothers flying it will be more convincing.

Bingo! Happy wife, happy life!

On 1/4/2017 10:28 AM, Duster wrote:
On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 1:22:43 PM UTC-6, Dan Marotta wrote:
Wish I had the airbrake locking feature on the Stemme. Currently I have
to have my wife dump the flaps after landing.
Dan, 5J
Now we know the real reason Dan brings his wife along to fly... we were misled into thinking he was just being a thoughtful husband!

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Dan, 5J

On Wednesday, 4 January 2017 20:28:19 UTC+2, wrote:
I am sure, and have been told by people who have seen it, that it is a good sized cockpit but I can't see the relevance of judging an obviously different newly designed fuselage and cockpit to the ASH 26. The JS1?- fair enough. But not the JS3.

I think this was dicussed earlier, but judging from the photos JS3 fuselage shape is extremely close/identical to JS1 which is "borrowed" aerodynamically from ASH 26. I do not wan't to downplay the importance of new structure, wing-fuselage junction and several other detail improvements, and the design work associated, but general shape still looks identical to '26. Making small size cockpit is just plain stupid, people are not getting smaller in future.

At 07:29 05 January 2017, krasw wrote:
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It is not a small size cockpit.

Doubt that anyone has ever described Oscar Goudriaan as a small
man yet he has flown at least five 1000km+ flights in his JS1, flight
times up to eight hours. His brother Laurens is larger and at times
has had back problems, yet has flown multiple flights of 750km+ in
his JS1. If the cockpit was cramped then they would not have been
able to do these long flights - and not at such high speeds with
impaired decision-making due to discomfort.

There was a Dutch JS1 owner who - if I recall correctly - is at least
1.96m tall. That's 6'5"...

Gordon Boettger is also 6'5" and has commented that "after
removing the seat back and still wearing a parachute, I was able to
comfortably fit into the JS1. I wouldn't think that 9-10 hours in the
glider would be a problem."