Right now I have it outwards. (Bottom wing flaps down and top wing flaps up). When I tried it the other way on my old Panics with the smaller ailerons I experienced a lot of turbulence on the stab. I have not yet tried the outwards method.
I read about West Malling - big loss. I flew demo flights for the ATC when the ceiling was too low for them. Was lucky enough to have a few rides when the CO was away. There was an instructor there with a typical ex-WWII moustach, who took me up. We had an exciting winch stall one day when he proceeded to do a stall turn/Chandelle and landed down wind. Another time he did a loop off the winch tow. You should have seen the look on the young winch operators face as we dived right at him.
My next twin shoud be an ASM P-61 Black Widow....
As regards slope soaring I flew with my mate Mark Passingham. Fellow contestants were names like Richard Gerard, Chris Greengrass, a very young Ken Woodhouse - he has not grown much taller since :-) etc. I was the MEON Valley Chairman for a few years so I flew there a lot. Also my former wife was from Brighton so we visited the Downs a LOT!. (In-laws etc.) Always took a plane however.... My slope-time was between 1976 and 1982. I lived in East Peckham near Paddock Wood and then In Alton, Hants until I came out to the States in '82.
My Knickname was Evil-Eric due some unfortunate mid-airs etc during the slope races. Well earned I might add :-)
Eric.
ORIGINAL: BaldEagel
Eric
I will measure the throws next time I get it out, I have not had a problem with binding yet but will check my whole set up, and yes with the crow deployed the flat spins or blenders as the US call them are very slow, I am interested have you your crow in towards the fus or out from the wing, I have tried both and its intersting to see the difference.
I fly at Conya Marshes near Faversham, you will be interested to know that West Malling aerodrome is now a housing estate, I used to fly there with the ATC before I got into serious competition gliding, at one point I got quite concerned when I realised that the thing I was up in cost more than my house.
What's the twin your going to use the 61's in?
If you where slope soaring in the 70's we posibly know some of the same people, the local area BMFA Chief Examiner is always going on about when he and a few others invented PSS I think on the Ditchling Beacon and Devils Dyke, his initials are MG don't want to put names on here for obvious reasons, if it sounds familier send me a PM and I will put you in touch with him.
Oh by the way "What is the payload of a South African Swallow?" or do you have a "Shrubbary?"
Mike