31 March 2003

Tuning advice? I had thought I had tuned out a slight left turn with the VG on. After fiddling a few times with the right outer sprog, it seemd more or less OK - maybe a touch too much, seemed to turn right slightly now. Rigging in the garden after replacing my bent upright, I pulled the VG on and sighted the trailing edge. Wow, that right sprog was lifting the edge over a cm. It was a disturbingly asymetric sight. Next rigging, I check the tip wand socket. Left side, centred on the mid point mark. Right side, rotated backward (down) 1cm... so just the opposite of the sprog adjustment. Hmmm. Email Moyes to ask if all of this makes sense. Few days later I get an email that "looks like I feel the need to tune my glider". Sure. I guess it's probably not realistic to expect much sense over the internet from halfway round the world (or 100km for that matter). So I've adjusted the tip wand socket back and rewound the sprog back in (lowered it) half a turn (it was 5/4ths). We'll see. I bet after I've finished with this the sprog will be back where I started and the tip wand socket balanced with the one on the left. If so, why was it rotated back? Someone's perception of a spiralling right turn? No hint of that so far.  comment [] 9:42:56 PM     This weekend no flying, since I sacificed Saturday and then Sunday sick with a 36hr flu. But the weekend before two flights, one HG, PG. Saturday 22nd took off late-ish (2.30pm) and basically got kicked around a lot. Only got over to Nudo, never very high (1500 ish), the thermals were all over the place. Wan't so much that the glider was uncontrollable, just very rough and unpleasant. Only enjoyable part was going over to Picutz and after sinking from 1000m to 600m, climbed out and through an MR700... landed cross wind with steps but running it in is fine too. While I dismantled I learnt that most of the better pilots seem to have gone to Tamaro and back... have to say that I respected that. Today was rough. I had decided after 30mins that it wasn't fun and I was better off out of there. Maybe it was a bit better when they went (earlier). Sunday after I decided at 4pm to go and do a para flight. FInally got off a bit late (5.40pm) and missed the best of the glass off: a student pilot in front went off and out and just climbed for a kilometer going in a straight line. I had to scratch a bit but that was also OK, and landed after 30mins. Nothing eventful, except I nearly overshot the LZ (mixed up the best glide and min sink positions, seem reversed compared to the HG. comment [] 9:16:03 PM

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