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Comment on "Strongest Wind you would comfortably fly in with NO Turbulence?"
...ig fat trikes can do quadruple that. ---- In which case, a great followup poll would be what's the fastest non-turb wind you'd be comfortable landing DOWN-WIND in (on a smooth long ru...- ...k it depends on the area and the winds. If the winds are from the rear, with the...d) and the heavy end is into the wind. In this case also, the...eing down. If it was windy, I would also not only tie t...e it's less likely that much wind will come from the front....
- ...sh my landing gear was in better shape. I've always loved that sound of wind over the sails for a airspeed...And what a nice job working the lift to cloudbase. Note how the airspeed wind gets louder as he gets low .n...
Comment on "Landing when you're not sure what the wind is doing"
...r suggestion of expanding your awareness to the wind signs around you (smoke, trees, birds (land, stand, and take off into the wind), flags, ripples on water, et...ave that option- some airports just suck in the wind and airports not too far away...- ...; My approach speed was quite high about 55-60kts to counteract wind gradient and gusts. The wind was coming from my 10 o'c...e sugar cane helps to settle the aircraft sooner (there is less wind speed at low level and therma...
- ...and was roughly 1/4 mile past the little mountain. We went from 0 wind to 20 mph tail wind in a heart beat. Turbulence,...6700. Once I got pasted 4000, all was smooth with roughly a 10 east wind but very laminar. Last bu...
Comment on "How many engine outs have you had? Rough engine precautionary landings do not count, unless the prop is gone, then count that as an engine out. Running out of gas counts too. After voting, confess your sins. Everyone should have a story to share."
...zy and I flew over friends house about 50m AGL. When the engine had a coughing and stopped. I couldnt landed against the wind, because there was a city. I must flew down the wind under high voltage cables and...- ...their school. He lands quite nice but he flew only in nice weather condition. here in our school he knew first time a cross wind take off or landing or flying in the wind and thermal.
- ...esse I gained doing those really helped on those strong crosswind landings. In the strong cross wind, come with lots of extra spee...iagonally across the runway. Why? Because if the wind gusts to give you a tail wind...
Comment on "Buttonwillow-Calif Valley-Yosemite--Monterey-Oceano"
I flew in to Santa Maria about 3 minutes before the wind today-- Phew!! I was racing the wind the whole way down from Watsonville this am- had a ground speed of over 90 for a while. Hel...