Gain a clear understanding of the important aspects that are essential for safe and successful aerobatic glider flying. For use in conjunction with aerobatic instruction, this volume deals with safety considerations, flight envelopes, and glider design. Describes in general terms how to fly commonly encountered maneuvers, from standard level aerobatics to advanced flying. Includes a step-by-step guide to construction flight envelopes for various gliders.
Now in its third, updated edition, Understanding Gliding has become one of gliding's classic works. Piggott demonstrates that the basic priciples are not in fact complex, and he answers many of the common questions which are asked by new pilots.
Gliding is probably one of the most elegant forms of moving in the air. No wonder, then, that it also has a very special appeal for model pilots and that many beginners choose gliding. In this book, FMT author Werner Baumeister explains everything you need to get started successfully. The construction and special features of today's widely used ARF (Almost Ready to Fly) models are explained as well as the important steps of setting up, flying in, and optimising. Of course, the experienced glider pilot also gives plenty of tips from his many years of practice, making it easier to get started in successful model gliding. And by the way: even old hands can benefit from some of the author's tips in this book. From the content: • Which model suits me? – a decision-making aid • Electric or "clean” • The shopping checks • The model • Flying in and optimising • EWD and centre of gravity – and what goes with it • When the wings flap... • Help, my model is gone! • First aid for beginners
This book—prepared by the Federal Aviation Administration—is a resource without equal for glider pilots. Covering components and systems, flight instruments, performance limitations, preflight and ground operations, launch and recovery procedures, flight maneuvers, traffic patterns, soaring weather, radio navigation, and much more, it lays out in authoritative detail the science, mechanics, and regulations that every pilot needs to know. Plus, it contains a glossary of essential terms and crystal-clear color illustrations. No one should learn to fly, or fly a glider, without this information close at hand.