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  1. Exadios
    It came down short - probably needed a tighter circuit. Suspected back injuries never sounds good for the long term but hopefully OK. I see that it is a DG-505.
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    As I understand it the first GP was in 2005 at St Auban, France,, the second was in 2007 at Omarama, NZ, and the third was held in 2010 in Chile. I have seen the NZ GP DVD. It is very good, much better than its promo would indicate. I will be very interested in what you produce.
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    Passing this along for your info. See attachment. MAC_OPEN_DAY_27_Nov_2010.pdf MAC_OPEN_DAY_27_Nov_2010.pdf MAC_OPEN_DAY_27_Nov_2010.pdf
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    Very good landing roll. :)
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    A couple of weekends ago I saw the first half of a wing over done from about 100' in order to land on an intersecting runway during an aborted takeoff. It was very nicely done.
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    You're not safe from them anywhere!
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    That looks like a promo for the original Grand Prix in NZ. At least I think it was the first. Certainly it was the first that they used satellite transmission etc to show the competition. I watched the NZ video a year or two ago. A portion of it was about how they (a particular company whose name I have forgotten) was going to make gliding a spectator sport. Good luck. ;)
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    A [media=vimeo]14091846[/media] for something called "Sailplane Grand Prix". Sailplane Grand Prix is described as, "the most extreme form of competitive glider racing." I'm not sure that I fully approve simply because of the danger. But the photography is excelent so it is worth while viewing in "HD" on a full screen. [media=vimeo]14091846[/media]
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    Well, it is a final glide and high speed and low height is the norm for a final glides. What I notice most of all is that the pilot rarely looks left or right (the camera seems to be mounted on his head). In a competition others will be coming in on a similar track. It would be a good idea if he kept a better lookout.
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    If you are near stall in the turn (or any where else) then you must put the node down. Don't even think of anything else!
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    The maximum roll I can see is about 45 degrees (around frame 973) - assuming that the camera is fixed to the airframe. It is hard to know what is off screen but I would guess that had the pilot put the nose down to maintain airspeed then he would have made it. His mistake was to stall. In Australia the pilot must be on oxygen at 10000' and greater. Some pilots go on oxygen at about 9000' if they are up there for some time (an hour or more). In addition density altitude affects lungs in the same way as it affect carburetors. So there is a definite possibility that the pilot's judgment was affected. Looking at around frame 1048 I think I can see a lenticular. If this is so the aircraft may have been in rotor. These are one of the risks of flying at, or below a ridge line - on the wrong side. We nearly lost a Pawnee in one. The pilot recovered by putting the nose down to get some real speed and came out at about 500' AGL.
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    I don't know where the video was recorded. There are a lot of clubs in the Italian Alps - along with the Swiss, Austrian and German Alps. From what I've been told the flying done there is pretty rugged - makes us in Australia look like pussies. The text underneath the video (follow the link) is: "Final glide in torino aeritalia , coppa città di torino gliding competition. ventus 2a LD" That might give you a clue.
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    A final glide [media=vimeo]11745756[/media] from Italy. Turn down the audio - just annoying computer music. [media=vimeo]11745756[/media]
  14. Exadios
    A turn back is the only emergency landing that can be tested during the takeoff phase - an emergency airstrip generally not being available +-30 deg. ahead. The point I'm trying to make is that a pilot should not go solo until he / she has demonstrated a successful dead stick turn back (and may other things for that matter).
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    I've seen a few posts which go, "Fan stops, pilot pushes nose forward and then scans and makes a decision." But this is the wrong order. The correct procedure is that pilot scans and makes a decision where to land and then fan stops.
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    As you point out most of us are not really "natural pilots". So we tend to do some training. In this particular instance that would mean telling the student what you are going to do to him. So if, for arguments sake, you know that at a certain point it is possible to turn back at 500', ask the pilot what he / she would do first if the engine stopped. HE should say, "push the stick forward to maintain safe airspeed." Then cut the engine and have him do it - maybe 4 or 5 times. Then at some other time surprise him to see what he does. At some point it will become automatic - believe me.
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    The reason I said that 45 - 50 degree bank turns should be used in circuit is so that they become normal and are not considered steep. They are what I use and what most pilots I know use. Plus I also fly gliders and 45 - 50 degrees is the normal bank in a thermal so it does not appear steep to me.
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    If they are holding the stick back then they need more practice.
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    30 degrees is what is taught. But, in order to do the turn with the minimum loss of height the bank has to be 50 degrees. When the fan in the front is working minimum loss turns are not very important. However, when every thing is working that is the best time to practice 50 degree turns so that they will not seem steep when you need them.
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    If history is as you say then I would have been dead many years ago. Your comment about experience highlights why it is important then the turn back landing is practiced often during training - because when it happens for real the pilot had better have some real options and the turn back is one of them.
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    I would disagree with this. In the event of a turn back the correct bank in the turn is 45 to 50 degrees. The plane should be keep at a speed at which it is safe to make this turn. Of course 45 to 50 degrees is the correct bank at which to make all turns in the circuit so the pilot will be quite used to doing these turns.
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    Which is why, when in a situation where a spin would be unrecoverable due to height, the speed should be not less than 1.5 times the stall speed of the aircraft. This includes all of the circuit.
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    In the event the pilot has no time to think. The decision should be made before the start of the take off roll and updated as the climb proceeds.
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    I think every student should be required to demonstrate a number of dead stick turn backs and landings. I do not know why flying schools do not teach this.
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    Depends entirely on height and wind. I do a turn back once ever few months and it has not killed me yet. I would not do it at less that 500' AGL or in more than about 5 knots of wind along the run way.
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