Comment on "So... despite having done careful fuel planning, have you ever found yourself arriving at your destination with a very uncomfortably low amount of fuel?"
...e GPS searching for an altitude that would make the GPS (ground speed) improve. It takes a while to figure out the true wind direction (a few 360s) and exact speed-- we didn...Comment on "So... despite having done careful fuel planning, have you ever found yourself arriving at your destination with a very uncomfortably low amount of fuel?"
Baffled, Fly a steady360 at constant airspeed, note the max and min speed on your GPS. wind speed = (max-min)/2 trike speed through the air = (max + min)/2 While you do the turn, note the heading where the GPS speed was lowest, that's the wind direction.Comment on "Buttonwillow-Calif Valley-Yosemite--Monterey-Oceano"
...dge of one of the storms - Stockton was reporting 18G30 (!) as I flew by but with periods of steady wind between the gusts. So I did a couple 360s to let things get better, ma...Comment on "Oceano Airport Day!!! May 10-11 (Fri & Sat Officially, Sun unofficially)"
Two reasons Oceano should be on your list of places to go: and as seen through Henry's lens: http://youtu.be/qZH9CnD0FOAComment on "How many hours did you fly a Trike in 2012--- NOT a competition, just a poll. Student flying counts too!!"
A better graphical representation: