Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1993 10:59:48 -1000 From: WVOSS@novell.com (Wes Voss) Message-Id: Organization: Novell, Inc Subject: Stall Landing I've been trying to teach myself something, and wondering if some of you might have some tips. I've seen some nice stall landings being done by experience flyers. I'm sure you've all seen it a hundred times, and most of you can do it. You fly to the edge of the window. As it starts to stall, you can either a) simply drop to the ground, ready to launch again, or b) do a 360 and drop to the ground ready to lauch. Simple, right? Well, I guess I'm not coordinated enough, because I can't seem to get it smooth. My problem is that when I try to point the nose up, either I get some wind and I start to rise agin, or I end up heading right again. I have tried walking forward to stall it further, and it lands (roughly) and then starts to fall forward. When I was out flying a few weeks ago, I saw a guy do 3 landings in a row, complete with 360s. I watched, and can't see what I am doing differently. I think it is more than a practice issue; I'm missing something. He mentioned something about "dumping the wind" from the sail as being one of the reasons for doing the 360. Besides, it looks cool. Any help? Am I missing something? Wes -------------------------------------------------- Wes Voss Internet: wvoss@novell.com MHS: WVOSS@NOVELL Standard Disclaimer: Yeah, these are my opinions, and no one else's... You know the rest... -------------------------------------------------- = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =