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Comment on "Strongest Wind you would comfortably fly in with NO Turbulence?"
Wind with NO turbulence? I voted 30+ But I dont know wind without turbulence here. A fe...ssenger) must landed too. And wind was about 12m/s (cca 24kt)....k off from tower said me 16kt wind. There was great turbulence b...too tired and I told to tower downwind and landing. He told...- Yep Bumble Bee, it was nice day. After take off we had head cross wind all the way. Very surprised me the strong the...overall. We had a time to return, because the wind blew to our direction. Then w...u can to see we counted planes around us) the wind...
- I am a low hours relatively inexperienced trike pilot an...into this situation in the first place. ie no steep turns at low altitude, maintaining...with the horizon when carrying out medium to steep turns, good speed and altitude mana...
Comment on "How many hours did you fly a Trike in 2013--- NOT a competition, just a poll. Student flying counts too!!"
XC Triker, As it turns out, my hours were split almost in half between XC and local flights in northe...d then circle back. That usually requires 2 to 3 hours depending on wind and whether or not I dec...- I have watched YFT train students in the x-wind technique, and the way he does...anded in 35 knots full on crosswind using this technique. It can...e main idea is to fly into the wind, instead of across the wind, and put your leeward wheel down on the runway first, which slows the aircraft down,...
- He was never set up to land. Seems like bad wind.... But ULtrike is right, it...n't show in the vid once he's down. You can tell he only knew to...ime with the gas at idle, the wind is gonna get you someday. &nb...etimes need to power your way down hot, until a second before yo...
- I was looking for clues to see if wind was a factor. I see some smoke in the distance, but it looks stra...dust dissipated from the area. I'm not sure if you can determine wind speed by just looking at dust dissipation, but wind...
- Hi YFT, Great photo of you and Hedgeview over the aerodrome with the lake in the background. I dare say you would not have been making much headway in 50 kts of wind at 2000', although the down wind...
- Thanks Chris. This was the mandatory "glam" shot for the photographer. Love the dry lakes for test flights. Also great for high wind landings. Never a cross wind to worry about, no mechanical turbulence, extra long, the list of pros goes on and on.
- With only 8 hours of flying, Lawrie is flying x-wind circuits in a 25kt NE wind. He is landing on the centre line. Lawrie hasn't soloed yet.