<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Very interesting! Agreed, skidding a turn is definitely not good!<div><br></div><div>I find with the U2 that just a little touch of outside aileron, along with enough inside rudder held to keep the fuselage turning cleanly, results in a very nice thermal turn. Very slightly cross controlled. When you get it right the glider tells you by showing extra energy and increased climb rate.</div><div><br></div><div>The U2 is very responsive to rudder. In dead air I often fly using almost no aileron, just a little rudder to turn, and of course minimal turns anyway. </div><div><br></div><div>My hypothesis is that outside rudder will be detrimental to a clean turn. I’ll give a try though. Check it out.</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8">Carl <br><br><br>
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<div><br><div>On May 6, 2024, at 9:31 AM, CURTIS SUTER via MT-ALES <mt-ales@lists.webworks.net> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Hmm. I wonder if I already do this?<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Aileron deflection is worse than the fuselage not being aligned with the airflow.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Curtis<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0HKZi_ZOvg" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0HKZi_ZOvg</a><o:p></o:p></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">MT-ALES mailing list</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><a href="mailto:MT-ALES@lists.webworks.net" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">MT-ALES@lists.webworks.net</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://lists.webworks.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mt-ales" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">http://lists.webworks.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mt-ales</a></div></div><br></div></body></html>