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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...
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104 MPH ground speed-- Wind is blowing me quickly OFF shore.
I hoped I could duck down lower coming home and get out of these "helpful" winds-- but, they slowed me up a lot getting back across the channel- +49 more Photos
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- ...urface shear caused by friction of the wind against the ground - yep, good old-fashioned wind gradient. The wind is blowing right to left, and difference in speed with altitude because of surf...dramatic, but a ten knot difference in speed over a few hundred feet is mo...
- The wind was 20 to 25kts and 270 degrees. Ken was landing on RWY 19 at YYWG.
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Birdly-- Very Cool !! The virtual dream we've all been searching for ....
...e embodiment we include additional sonic, olfactoric and wind feedback. Soundwise you perceive only the roaring of the wind and the flaps of the wings. T...several other odors of the wilderness. According to the speed of the bird the simulator reg...- Drag the globe around and see winds all over the world !! (sent to me by my friend Jim)
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- ...urface shear caused by friction of the wind against the ground - yep, good old-fashioned wind gradient. The wind is blowing right to left, and difference in speed with altitude because of surf...dramatic, but a ten knot difference in speed over a few hundred feet is mo...
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Discussion topics
- I have an Airborne XT 912 with a Cruze...int to increase and decrease the trim speed. I would like to move t...int forward one hole to increase trim speed. I currently have a trim...e hangpoint of the Cruze wing on trim speed? How much difference wi...
- ...s I feel it a bit more than in an XT-912 Arrow, but it is smoother. The speed range is about the same, how...B13 combo lands like it is on rails. I landed to nights ago in a 35kt x-wind and it was great. by the way I...
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- Pilot's Tip of the Week: "How should we approach landings at a strange field with no wind socks if we suspect a cross wind might exist?" - Anon....e should certainly have a general idea of what winds...
- Free 8-minute audio by Rod Machado where he offers tips and tactics for landing in...xplains: The hidden hazards associated with wind gusts How to maintain b...our approach Avoiding inadvertent stalls from wind...
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- ...apps. It estimates the wind vector in real time while you...are flying from the gps groundspeed measurements alone. Years a...in circle with you drift downwind. And if you plot your velocity...n the display, you get a good wind estimate. It displays the dat...
- ...probably a bit faster, with about 6 mile cross wind. Has anyone who owns a Navaj...d slightly deflated tire, coupled with a cross wind landing and all of the above...contributed to the shimmy. The first time my speed during the shimmying was arou...
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Events
- Northwest Light Sport Events Western Sport Pilot Association LLC "Its all About the Flying&q...inues until sundown. The Discovery flights usually start early before the wind...
- Fly-ins – 2013 (revised 4-26-13) CONTINUALLY UPDATED Apr 27 Pancake Breakfast F...s runways. There's always a runway aligned with the wind! Municipal campground is righ...EAA Chapter 458 fly-in Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 Winds...
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Wind sock was going crazy after a calm morning of flying....adjustments to the approach to land safely.- You can see at 8:40 he had a problem with katabatic wind what mixed to "normal" wind. he did good decision and went around. First climbing surprised him and next he didnt use a full throttle for take off.
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- Drag the globe around and see winds all over the world !! (sent to me by my friend Jim)
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