By the way Marv what is status of the V8 powered Lan= cair ??................Always glad to hear fr= om you.............

Kelly Troyer
"DYKE DELTA JD2" (Eventually)

"13B ROTARY"_ Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"MISTRAL"_Backplate/Oil = Manifold

"TURBONETICS"_TO4E50 Turbo

From:= "marv@lancair.net" <marv@lancair.net>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrota= ry@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 2:24 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Glider rating: [FlyRotary] Re: T= he rotary may live.

I felt like I had to jump in here, you guys have= touched upon something close to my heart.... to my mind there are few expe= riences as exciting as gaining alttitude without a noisemaker. The fi= rst time you center up in a +3000 fpm thermal and pickup several thousand f= eet of altitude you're hooked... I know I was.

   &= lt;Marv>

"Rino" <lacombr@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
Ed,

I do have two glider experiences (only a = few minutes each) in my Glass Goose
so I know that it does glide withou= t an engine.  After the engine stop, I hear
the airflow (or w= ind) on the canopy, then I can easily imagine what it is to
be flying a= glider.

Rino Lacombe
----- Original Message -= ----
From: Ed Anderson
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:51 AM
Su= bject: [FlyRotary] Glider rating: [FlyRotary] Re: The rotary may live.
&= nbsp;

Actually, Chrissi,  I did get one back = in the early 1960s.  Never used it
(in a true glider) since, = but it did convey flight was possible without an
engine and prop turnin= g - which undoubtedly lessen the pucker factor a tiny
bit.
   Did I tell you about my glider check ride with aileron locks in?&n= bsp; Impressed
the heck out of the instructor who was on board an= d who told me no pre-flight
was necessary ( he was in a hurry to get ba= ck home)  and who gave me heck
about using too much rudder to= get around the pattern (but, I couldn't get it
to turn without a lot o= f rudder).

The scary part was later realizi= ng that if I had ever let the wing get few
degrees too low, the rudder would never have brought it back to level!!

&nb= sp; Yes, after we landed (and me thinking I had flunked the ride) we s= aw people
running down the runway waving arms and then pointing to the = bright red
streamers on the locks did he and I realized how badly it co= uld have turned
out - he had no problem signing me off {:>)
= ;
So while not necessary - it keeps you legal {:>)
   While I don't recommend (in fact just the opposite) landing engine= -out as
practice - a few hours in a glider is great preparation should = that very rare
event ever happen {:>)

Ed
&nbs= p;

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