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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. ...- ...speak!) , fast heavy trike, small wing, momentary distraction, low speed, low altitude, steep bank, y...ed the tape and it appeared that there may have been a modest tail-wind as most waves are wind driven , at least till 'they'...
- ...-20km/h faster than the cruising speed is. Next we made an tra...nts for all weather. Against the wind, crosswind and down wind too. Then nobod...rocedure, about feeling high and speed over the runway is similar as...o the side, especially by a crosswind, next he can modified his dire...
- ...ained doing those really helped on those strong crosswind landings. In the strong cross wind, come with lots of extra speed, but make sure you bleed it...y across the runway. Why? Because if the wind gusts to give you a tail wind,...
- Nice video XC! Yes, in that setting you might do that, when the wind is strong for a long time. But I think with a weaker wind, with a more normal trike/wing sett..., it's safer whichever side the wind comes from. I tie my co...was quite critical to consider the wind....
- Hi Ken & Jozinko, As I decended onto downwind I hit a North wind which took my ground speed up to 91 knots. However boy was it rough coming into land. Yes Jozinko it is a nice pannel, and XCTriker has a better one. I will be sending you a box of goodies next week. All the best from YFT
- ...roach fast to get through cross winds, turbulence, wind gradient, that's fi...you touch down. If cross winds and turbulence is bouncing y...icycle gear is unstable at high speeds. I agree that once the...he bar down when landing a high speed (+60mph) is very risky. ...
Comment on "great video to show how much fun ridge soaring can be"
...anded on airport. In this time was not thermal, but it was windy in this time. I flew to mountains and I used a wind, who blew by side of the hill...when I was over the top of the hill I had the engine idle speed and my climbing was about 4m/...
If you're interested in birds and/or migration, you might be interested in this one, too. I worked on the trailer for this project. We filmed the close-ups in a wind tunnel with an extraordinary high-speed camera system. www.songbirdsos.com- Don became a Solo Man today. Well done Don. Don has battled 30kt winds and thermals. He hasn't had a day without cross wind, and then today he went solo on a day with no wind... Don said that it was very strange to fly with no bumps or wind trying to blow you off the runway. He did very well.