In general, how much lift would those conditions provide?
If you are unsure, there's the "benign spiral": a shallow turn, spoilers deployed, trimmed hands-off and at a lowish airspeed, that will keep you from wandering very far, allow you to descend slowly, and minimize the danger of impacting something in the clag (one wing low means a wingtip, not the nose bowl, will probably hit first, and the low airspeed will help somewhat). This also is recommended when you are not sure you can continue operating the glider, due to a problem with the machine or with yourself.
That may seem too passive, but most of us know that trying to actually control an aircraft in IMC, when not prepared or equipped to do so, will probably get you killed a lot easier than a benign spiral. I wouldn't dream of it in our club's 2-33: Yaw string, ASI, wet compass, altimeter, VSI... that's it. Maybe less, if the probe gets iced up. Any instrument-rated pilot will tell you that the less controlling you try to do in IMC with such a limited toolbox, the better off you'll be.
Are you convinced it would be just as easy in an LS-10?Benign Spiral is the way to do it, practice it with a CFIG in the 2-33, not hard at all.
My gut feeling is the regs are busted.
500 below, 1000 above. 2000 horizontially...
he is busting the 1000 above by about 300 feet. Altho it could be an optical illusion.
My gut feeling is the regs are busted.
500 below, 1000 above. 2000 horizontially...
he is busting the 1000 above by about 300 feet. Altho it could be an optical illusion.
...and it doesn't take much to be IFR-equipped in a non-motorized glider.Not if he's IFR equipped, rated and on a flight-plan. Gliders can fly in the IFR system too!
Done it, and yes, it is easy and looks like it would work well. What I "wouldn't dream of" in the 2-33 is trying to fly it in IMC.Benign Spiral is the way to do it, practice it with a CFIG in the 2-33, not hard at all.
My gut feeling is the regs are busted.
500 below, 1000 above. 2000 horizontially...
he is busting the 1000 above by about 300 feet. Altho it could be an optical illusion.
How are you figuring out his separation from that layer based on that photo?he is busting the 1000 above by about 300 feet. Altho it could be an optical illusion.
Yeah, I don't get that either. In fact my guess would be that they are well past 1,000 feet above... but clouds are funny that way; they don't come in standard structural units.How are you figuring out his separation from that layer based on that photo?
Are you convinced it would be just as easy in an LS-10?
and I sure don't know. It may be.
My gut feeling is the regs are busted.
500 below, 1000 above. 2000 horizontially...
he is busting the 1000 above by about 300 feet. Altho it could be an optical illusion.
My goodness, wouldn't you make a fine little Fed.