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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Actually it's giving me a challenge! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Honestly I was happy to have the windy conditions
yesterday as I was able to experiment with different techniques to try and get
the maneuvers correct. During my practice/experimenting numerous light bulbs
went off in my head and I improved slightly, unfortunately there are still a lot
of dark rooms ;-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On the Cuban eight I'm still trying to figure out
how to drive into the wind and keep the loop round without making the plane's
transition between heading into the wind and turning down wind look too abrupt.
I'll have to get you to watch me after Nats. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith Black</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gfowler@raytheon.com href="mailto:gfowler@raytheon.com">Gray E
Fowler</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 10, 2003 8:09
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Stall Turns and head
winds</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Keith....is the wind giving
you grief??????<BR><BR><BR><BR>Gray Fowler<BR>Principal Chemical
Engineer<BR>Composites Engineering</FONT> <BR><BR><BR>
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<TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><B>"Keith Black" <<A
href="mailto:tkeithb@comcast.net">tkeithb@comcast.net</A>></B></FONT>
<BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Sent by: <A
href="mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org">discussion-request@nsrca.org</A></FONT>
<P><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>07/09/2003 11:33 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=1>Please respond to discussion</FONT> <BR></P>
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Subject: Stall Turns and
head winds</FONT></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>OK,
I've got another question about head winds.</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>When
performing a stall turn I know it's necessary to keep the nose of the plane
into the wind on the upline so the wind does not push the plane backwards, but
what's the best way to execute the actual stall turn itself? When I tried to
do the stall pivot with the nose still pointing into the wind it looked
terrible and was VERY difficult to get it to pivot straight to the side.
Obviously with the nose into the wind the rudder will not make the plane fall
perfectly to the side but will also cause it to rotate. Because of this I
tried backing off the of the wind correction and pulling the nose straight up
right before performing the stall rotation, but when I did this the plane
would drift backwards.</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd like to hear how others
handle this situation to score high on stall turns in a heavy head
wind.</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>BTW, I had a good time flying in the wind today :-)</FONT>
<BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks,</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith Black</FONT>
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