Niels,
Maybe you are wright. I have to read your explanation five times more
trying to understand what you realy mean. I also think there is more
than the outriggers in question with a groundloop.
Karel Vranken # 447 F-PKRL (I forgot to mention that I also have some
2500 hours of gliding experience)
----- Original Message -----
From: Niels Kock
To: europa-list@matronics.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: builder test flying his own creation?
Karel,
I may be wrong, but one reason might be the elasticity of the
outrigger legs.
A standard 2-wheeler taildragger need not be more direction-stable
than the
monowheel, but the slightest turn of the latter will flex the outer
outrigger, thereby, I think,
increasing the force of the turn, making it more difficult to correct
it.
And the way to correct a such a turn, as we all know, is by short,
rapid taps on the
opposite rudder pedal, and not, as may be the natural reflex, keeping
your foot down on
the pedal, until the whole contraption enters a turn in the opposite
direction which you will never
get out of, until the lowered wing-tip scrapes the surface and the
precious propeller
blades emit sounds of destruction.
Niels ----- Original Message -----
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