On 31/12/2018 17:40, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 15:05:38 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>> That is how I land mine in still air. BUT I got caught out in wind
>>
> Sounds like your approach speed was too low for the conditions that day.

Yes, Exactly.

> I must say that I've seen many more models flown onto the floor than I've
> seen making nicely held-off landings, so full points for doing it.
>

Well as I said I started out with rudder only.  The model glided in at
its own speed.

> The usual UK gliding rule of thumb is to fly finals at 50 kts plus half
> the wind speed. That's safe for pretty much every glider type I've flown
> while still allowing nice two-point touchdowns to be made on main +
> tailwheel. I remember one blowy day a few years back: I got to 2700 ft on
> a winch launch (usual launch height on our field is 1400 ft) in an SZD
> Junior. Had a somewhat longer flight than normal for no-wind conditions
> and finished by crossing the airfield boundary at 70 kts with full brakes
> out to make a two-point landing. Fun.
>

YTranbslating taht to model tersm tahts probably 10mph plus half the
wind speed,

I wouldnt normally fly at all at anything over 10mph wind


> Almost all gliders are tail-draggers apart from trainers, e.g. ASK-21,
> ASK-23, Grob G-103, Puchacz, Perkoz, PW-5 and PW-6.
>
>> wind dropped and so did the model. No time to open throttle as only 4ft
>> up.
>>
> I have to say that would be rather high for a fully held-off landing even
> in a full-size glider. Two feet is about the limit, with 1 foot being
> really nice. Anything much higher counts as an arrival rather than a
> landing.
>

>


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