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Noel, Second time around I knew more about the rotor gusts around the hanger and was more prepared to co...ach speed was quite high about 55-60kts to counteract wind gradient and gusts. The wind was coming fr...- Yes it was. She told me, first 15 mins was a little scared. Next she relaxed. She was very surprised how nice the world from birds eye view is. The wind gusts went down then we enjoyed the flight.
- Henry's video was something, it seems like gusts, rotors and everything else on top. Henry probably kissed the ground after landing...LOL :)
- Thank you guys! Weather was better than we expected. On ground in Gajary was wind about 4,5m/s with gusts 12m/s and 30°C. I had worry above the mountains, but there was beautiful...
- ...nway that you are happy with and set it down gently. This is especially true if you get hit by a cross wind gust on initial approach because gusts often happen intermitantly in...
Comment on "The Light Stuff (human-powered flight)- NOVA Parts 1-3 and some funny historical video"
...as the engineering was minimum essential to address task with absolute minimum of weight. But it was very fragile as they were worried about gusts in the few mph range. N...
Comment on "Buttonwillow-Calif Valley-Yosemite--Monterey-Oceano"
...catching up to the trailing edge 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...Comment on "Landing when you're not sure what the wind is doing"
...ry and do a very long stabilized approach to really get a feel for what the conditions are doing, from which direction, how often and how hard the gusts are, etc and just keep bringi...- ...egrees cross, stay lined on the centerline. Resist the temptation to land diagonally across the runway. Why? Because if the wind gusts to give you a tail wind, you...
- ...o that will give you the correct crab angle. A long final approach in turb/cross will help you get the feel for the agnle and the frequency of gusts/ etc. By the time you&#...