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Old 01-12-2011 | 08:18 AM
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Default RE: Any WINTER {SNOW} fliers?

my clubmate Len tried conventional skis, and these photos demonstrate the problem of controlling them.
The tend to go into a high drag nose up attitude at high airspeed (aerodynamic forces on the negatively cambered shape).
Sometimes they go nose down - OK on takeoff but awkward if they do it when you want to land.
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