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Post by BillPennock » Fri May 28, 2021 7:10 pm

I am learning to fly again (3rd time, 1st was 55 years ago at age 14) I am too heavy for most gliders (on Weight Watchers to try to fix that). In the mean time I am learning in a 2-32. That doesn't seem to be modeled so does anyone know what is going to be closest?

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Post by wickid » Fri May 28, 2021 7:40 pm

Probably the ASK-21 in terms of glide ratio/performance. I haven't flow a 2-32 so I'm not sure about the handling. The ASK-21 is one of the most common school gliders in the world and pretty easy to fly.
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Post by Bre901 » Fri May 28, 2021 10:39 pm

Depending at which training stage you are, you might give the Blanik a try (it's included in the basic package) before buying the ASK21 : it has a lower performance but the handling might be OK for basic training.
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Post by BillPennock » Sat May 29, 2021 6:46 pm

Well those answers made me smile. I did get back into soaring in 1992 for a little while in Vacaville flying an ASK 21. And a friend of mine in mid 60's when i soloed the first time had one of the first 2 Blanik's in the country. So I've flown both of these in real life. I'd say the big difference is both are lighter on the controls than the 2-32. If I can remember all the way back to my days in the 2-22 and early 2-33's the 2-32 is heaving on the controls like those but higher performance like the ASK. For purposes of training I'll try both and see what makes the most sense. One feature of the 2-32 is a stall is VERY likely to have a wing drop and become and early spin recovery. It's difficult to do a stall in a straight line. I used to love spin's so that doesn't bother me but it's interesting. I'm going to practice a lot to see if I can make this thing stall reliably on a single heading.

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Post by wickid » Sat May 29, 2021 7:01 pm

Putting the CoG aft will make the planes in condor more prone to stall and more difficult to stall in a straight line.
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Post by BillPennock » Sat May 29, 2021 7:30 pm

Speaking of heavy on the controls i got to fly a Pratt-Reid TG-32 once. It was so tough that turning base I had to raise my leg and push the stick under my knee full stop to get the wing back up to level. I'm told that the TG-32 has a heroic history in the Sierra Wave project. All I wanted was to never fly it again :)
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