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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.- ...I saw a lot of videos of cross wind landing. I think a lot of pil...roaching to landing with a small speed - cruising speed. A lot of them flew with engi...70-80km/h). When I have a cross wind I flew from 500ft without engi...e about 100-120km/h and I reduce speed about 20cm up the runway. I f...
- I was looking for clues to see if wind was a factor. I see some smoke in the distance, but i...ssipated from the area. I'm not sure if you can determine wind speed by just looking at dust dissipation, but wind speed is for sure present. Also, th...
- ...pinium, you landed with small speed. The most of fairing trikes are sensitive to side wind, then nose turnig into the wind especially on a small speed. I teaching my students alway...t engine - idling. If is crosswind there his landing speed must be about 100km/h because...
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?"
...d I was just referring to headwind component - our airspeed was 70, but our GPS said we...at would make the GPS (ground speed) improve. It takes a while to figure out the true wind direction (a few 360s) and exa...will give you the exact wind speed / direction on the ground (no...- ...ore prepared to correct for it. My approach speed was quite high about 55-60kts to counteract wind gradient and gusts. The wind was coming from my 10 o'c...elps to settle the aircraft sooner (there is less wind speed at low level and thermal acti...
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?"
...comes the rookie question........how do you know or calculate the wind speed at the different altitudes as...flying into them. is there some sort of math that comes into play? GPS speed over the ground minus indicat...- ...atched YFT train students in the x-wind technique, and the way he doe...ve landed in 35 knots full on crosswind using this technique. It can.... The main idea is to fly into the wind, instead of across the wind,...way, and the aircraft loses flying speed rapidly.
- Thanks Wile E! Yes, if the wind is blowing strong enough off the cliffs there will be rotors....mountains and other structures. You just need to be aware of wind direction and speed. I have flown with winds strong enough to produce roto...
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."
...e 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...down on freshly plowed field near the road. It was on mad speed, but all was good. The trike...