Well I have just posted the video, while I did take my time getting the aft
limit of the contorl stick it was not quite at 1 knot per second.... so I
will keep that in mind for the next session.Check out the video on the
Marske Pioneer IId page.!

-thanks
-mat

"dhb" wrote in message
thlink.net...
One of the several FAA definitions that are involved in determining stall
speeds is when the aft stick limit is reached.

Another is the FIRST time the nose starts down as you are bringing the
stick aft.

Make sure that you do this test at the official 1 knot per second entry
rate.





In article , "Marske Flying
Wings"
wrote:
I did a modest cross country in the Pioneer IId yesterday but what is
most
interesting was that I am exploring all of the flight envelope and
yesterday
was stalls. When I pulled the stick all the way back slowly I suddenly
found
that my airspeed had fallen to zero where I held it for quite some time
and
my sink rate was 100 down. And I have it on video! I did this many times
although there was tendency to turn to the left since we have a left turn
in
the glider.

The airspeed system was calibrated recently, both the airspeed instrument
and the installation, however I did not do the calibration for zero
airspeed... so it could be off slightly.

I have posted a picture on the web site showing the airspeed near zero
and
will post a video shortly.

http://www.continuo.com/marske/pione...%20pioneer.htm

This is rather a long address so if this does not work go to our web site
and find "Marske Pioneer IId"

-mat

I have been recording all of this on video to give some credibillity to
my
claims.