News Flash: You don't need elevator control !

Hi Karl,
Welcome to ras. We are being quite civil to each other, lately and a lot of
good information is being passed out. Your vast reservoir of soaring knowledge
is more than welcome. Keep posting.
JJ Sinclair

Frank wrote Maybe the tape and control linkages are _just_
enough........

OK, I'll buy the "tape" would be strong enough to do the job. Now, when a
bystander askes, "Is that tape all that holds the wings on?" We can honestly
say, On thes Kestrel, it is.
:)
JJ Sinclair

"JJ Sinclair" wrote in message
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Frank wrote Maybe the tape and control linkages are _just_
enough........

OK, I'll buy the "tape" would be strong enough to do the job. Now, when a
bystander askes, "Is that tape all that holds the wings on?" We can
honestly
say, On thes Kestrel, it is.
:)
JJ Sinclair

Two of the control rods are pinned in the Slingsby Kestrel 19. Don't know
about the 17.

Frank

Did you hear the story about the pilot who rigged his Kestrel, towed it to
the other side of the airfield where the launch point was that day, just as
he got there the wings fell off - no mainpin.

Very lucky the wind was not in the other direction, or the wings would still
have been on when he reached the launch point.

W.J. (Bill) Dean (U.K.).
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"F.L. Whiteley" wrote in message
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"JJ Sinclair" wrote in message
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Frank wrote Maybe the tape and control linkages are _just_
enough........

OK, I'll buy the "tape" would be strong enough to do the job. Now,
when a bystander asks, "Is that tape all that holds the wings on?" we
can honestly say, "on the Kestrel, it is".

JJ Sinclair

Two of the control rods are pinned in the Slingsby Kestrel 19. Don't
know about the 17.

Frank

Did you hear the story about the pilot who rigged his Kestrel, towed it to
the other side of the airfield where the launch point was that day, just as
he got there the wings fell off - no mainpin.

It seems to me that the wing pins are rather high on the list of things to
remember. Maybe if they are not smart enough to remember wing pins they
shouldn't be in the gene pool.

No, but I'm sure they would if it bounced along the ground very much, even
with the control rods pinned. I'm sure they went to full deflection.

Frank

"W.J. (Bill) Dean (U.K.)." wrote in message
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Did you hear the story about the pilot who rigged his Kestrel, towed it to
the other side of the airfield where the launch point was that day, just
as
he got there the wings fell off - no mainpin.

Very lucky the wind was not in the other direction, or the wings would
still
have been on when he reached the launch point.

W.J. (Bill) Dean (U.K.).
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"F.L. Whiteley" wrote in message
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"JJ Sinclair" wrote in message
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Frank wrote Maybe the tape and control linkages are _just_
enough........

OK, I'll buy the "tape" would be strong enough to do the job. Now,
when a bystander asks, "Is that tape all that holds the wings on?" we
can honestly say, "on the Kestrel, it is".

JJ Sinclair

Two of the control rods are pinned in the Slingsby Kestrel 19. Don't
know about the 17.

Frank

"nowhere" wrote in message
m...
Yes, according to Peter Garrison's "Aftermath" column in the November
issue of "Flying" you don't need to connect your elevator control! I
quote: "the NTSB report does not comment on the fact that a
disconnected elevator does not make an ASW-20, . . .

The POH for the ASW-20C includes how to fly in emergencies with no elevator,
using flaps for pitch control.

Jim Kellett
N16AL (H3)

You may of course be talking about a different incident, but if this is the
event I witnessed it should read like this:

Did you hear the story about the pilot who rigged his Kestrel, towed it to
the other side of the airfield where the launch point was that day, took a
launch, flew around for a while, landed and on the ground run the wings fell
off - no mainpin.

Stephen


"W.J. (Bill) Dean (U.K.)." wrote in message
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Did you hear the story about the pilot who rigged his Kestrel, towed it to
the other side of the airfield where the launch point was that day, just
as
he got there the wings fell off - no mainpin.

Very lucky the wind was not in the other direction, or the wings would
still
have been on when he reached the launch point.

W.J. (Bill) Dean (U.K.).
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"F.L. Whiteley" wrote in message
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"JJ Sinclair" wrote in message
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Frank wrote Maybe the tape and control linkages are _just_
enough........

OK, I'll buy the "tape" would be strong enough to do the job. Now,
when a bystander asks, "Is that tape all that holds the wings on?" we
can honestly say, "on the Kestrel, it is".

JJ Sinclair

Two of the control rods are pinned in the Slingsby Kestrel 19. Don't
know about the 17.

Frank

I did not witness the incident which I related, I am not sure if it is just
an urban legend.

If you witnessed yours you are ahead of me. Are you willing to tell us
where and when?

There is not much to tape on a Slingsby Kestrel 19, I owned one once.

W.J. (Bill) Dean (U.K.).
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"Stephen Cook" ] wrote in message
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You may of course be talking about a different incident, but if this is
the event I witnessed it should read like this:

Did you hear the story about the pilot who rigged his Kestrel, towed it to
the other side of the airfield where the launch point was that day, took a
launch, flew around for a while, landed and on the ground run the wings
fell off - no mainpin.

Stephen


"W.J. (Bill) Dean (U.K.)." wrote in message
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Did you hear the story about the pilot who rigged his Kestrel, towed it
to the other side of the airfield where the launch point was that day,
just as he got there the wings fell off - no mainpin.

Very lucky the wind was not in the other direction, or the wings would
still have been on when he reached the launch point.

W.J. (Bill) Dean (U.K.).
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I'm not sure if I hit the topic, but I personally know one guy who =
returned to the ground in Bocian with disconnected elevator. He used =
trim knob to get the glider down to earth in a gentle way.

Regards,


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Janusz Kesik

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