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TomParsons Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: "Torqued-Off About Hammers" 06-30-03, 22:26z  Looking back on this forum, I see we are missing the obligatory "what's wrong with my hammers?" thread. So let's remedy that omission! I was up last weekend practicing the Sportsman sequence in my S-1S (great fun, and not a bad workout!). One of the multitude of problems I'm having is with my hammerheads. Upline- fine, if a little wandering. Downline- well, too short and probably a little positive. But the thing that's really getting me scratching my head is this- it looks like I'm consistently off by 20 or 30 degrees after the pivot, even with what I think is full aileron deflection. I think I've got the stick buried in the front-left corner, in fact. Am I maybe kicking too early? Too late? I'm trying to use the "1 or 2 inches of aileron deflection" method of timing the kick. Maybe the full aileron is coming in too late? I kick first, then come in with the aileron, then forward stick, just like Mike Goulian's book says. Thanks in advance. Tom P. Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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Subject      Author      Message Date     ID      Torqued-Off About Hammers    TomParsons       06-30-03              RE: Torqued-Off About Hammers    KendalSimpson       06-30-03       1            RE: Torqued-Off About Hammers    TomParsons       07-01-03       2         RE: Torqued-Off About Hammers    Patty_Wagstaff       07-02-03       3            RE: Torqued-Off About Hammers    TomParsons       07-02-03       4

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