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Postby MiroBudzinski » Fri May 15, 2015 9:12 pm

Does anyone have an observation on a side slipping of a Xenos?
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Re: Side slipping

Postby peter anson » Mon Jun 01, 2015 6:32 pm

The Xenos has air brakes so why would you need to?

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Re: Side slipping

Postby Bryan Cotton » Mon Jun 01, 2015 6:52 pm

I have side slipped every glider I have flown. A 2-33 side slips better than a Grob G103 or a Blanik L33 solo.
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Re: Side slipping

Postby XenosN42 » Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:26 am

In my experience the XENOS doesn’t side slip exceptional well, compared to say a Schweitzer 2-33. For me I run out of rudder long before I run out of aileron and before the fuselage side is turned into the relative wind. However, with full spoilers and whatever side slip I can coax out it does provide a steep enough descent to get the job done.

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