Accelerated Asymmetric proved to be a non-issue and easily managable - no kittens died as a result of an asymmetric being pulled while on bar.
Collapses experienced outside of SIV environment have thus far proved to be equally as boring.
The wing appears to resist turning, even in normal flight until it has built up some speed. This may explain the effort needed to start a carve in a thermal, or post collapse behaviour in level flight.
On the contrary, once the wing has settled into a bank angle, the effort needed to keep it there is relatively little.
Such a dichotomous behaviour has drawbacks, as the transition from a tight 360 to a nose down spiral tends to happen very quickly in surprising contrast to the time/effort needed to originate the turn. But this is a wing meant for XC pilots that intend to remain fairly current (100+ hours/year) - so this sort of behaviour should not catch the pilot unaware.
That all said, the only real 'quirk' the wing has is the tenacity of a cravat in resisting recovery.
Video of manoeuvres on Vimeo.
Collapses experienced outside of SIV environment have thus far proved to be equally as boring.
The wing appears to resist turning, even in normal flight until it has built up some speed. This may explain the effort needed to start a carve in a thermal, or post collapse behaviour in level flight.
On the contrary, once the wing has settled into a bank angle, the effort needed to keep it there is relatively little.
Such a dichotomous behaviour has drawbacks, as the transition from a tight 360 to a nose down spiral tends to happen very quickly in surprising contrast to the time/effort needed to originate the turn. But this is a wing meant for XC pilots that intend to remain fairly current (100+ hours/year) - so this sort of behaviour should not catch the pilot unaware.
That all said, the only real 'quirk' the wing has is the tenacity of a cravat in resisting recovery.
Video of manoeuvres on Vimeo.
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