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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Lance</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> What I do and
watch for is the CG staying on track. If the pilot corrects and maintains track
of CG as it slows except for while approaching and stalled which plane will
drift with wind they get highest score. I have awarded nines for planes that
only actually rotated 90 º in the stalled part allowing for wind blowing in or
out, not down runway as track was only showing minor flaw in vertical. It
appears ugly when flown in 30mph wind. I believe the most skilled pilots
minimize the ugly appearance by using high idle or good stick finesse to make it
look easy. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> In your
question I assume you are describing down the runway which don't happen often at
contest I attend.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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del
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NSRCA - 473</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=patterndude@comcast.net href="mailto:patterndude@comcast.net">Lance
Van Nostrand</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, April 29, 2004 11:20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> windy stall turn judging</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a question about the best basic approach
to doing a stall turn into a 20mph headwind (judging from the recent posts,
this is probably something we are all struggling with). The question has
to do with the actual turn itself. Which is better (or is there another
way):</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Pull up from horizontal with plane leaning
into the wind so it's track is vertical. As the plane slows, maintain an
angle into the wind to minimize blowback. Stall turn with plane at an
angle and then tuck the nose asap (the elevator isn't effective when the plane
is not moving forward, but becomes effective after the turn pretty
quickly).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Appearance: Stall turn looks flat. After
turn the plane is pointed downwind a bit so when the elevator tuck kicks in
the plane seems to ungracefully snake back onto a downline.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Advantage: plane deviates from the perfectly
coincident up/downlines the least, but it sure deviates.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. Pull up from horizontal with plane leaning
into wind so it's track is vertical. As the plane slows pull the nose up
so the stall turn looks somewhat normal and pretty. tuck the nose on the
downline.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Appearance: Looks most like a calm day stall
turn, but it can cause a significant wind shift for the
up/downlines.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This question plagued me today during my practice
and although I could do it either way, they both looked ugly. Is there a
way to make these look good and stay on heading?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>--Lance</FONT></DIV>
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