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...wing and trike. So here is the caveat, in actuality down wind turns can be very different ( http://www.aeroexperiments.org/downwinddifferent.shtml ). Also, I did...a kick out of the never-ending myths about down wind turns ( http://www.aeroexperiments....- weight shifts are best done parallel to the keel in FLPHG. Pushing the bar out close to the ground is always bad in FLPHG. Performance HG like to wind into turns under full power. Hope he was ok.
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- Started my training this weekend with YFT. S...First flight did level flying, followed by 90deg turns, then 180deg, around a couple...Second flight late in the afternoon with 360deg turns and touch and go as the sunse...
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- The wind was 20 to 25kts and 270 degrees. Ken was landing on RWY 19 at YYWG.
- Skypper 8512 moves to a new home... Simon from Newcastle purchased our S...and we decided to go for a flight. The wind on take-off was only 15kts, but it didn't take long for the wind to notice that we were flying...as to execute. After another four crosswind...
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- This isn't specific to trikes, but I was having a conversation with Attawayl...er at the EAA, and I found a pretty useful link over at their forum site. Turns out the EAA has a homebuild c...
- Drag the globe around and see winds all over the world !! (sent to me by my friend Jim)
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- Cor - check this out. This is something that occurs reasonably regularly but isn't often seen. In this case there's a surface shear caused by friction of the wind against the ground - yep, good old-fashioned wind...
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- Hi everyone, I would like to share a terrifying trike story. Th...imitations are 12 knots cross wind and max wind strength at 20 knots. That pa...mfort zone). As I was taxiing down the taxiway the wind was behi...I didn't want to fly in those winds" and my instructor said to m...
- On reaching his plane seat a man is surprised to see a parrot strapped in next to him. He asks the st...d thrown out of the emergency exit by two burly stewards. Plunging downwards the parrot turns to him and says "For someone...
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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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Brain teasers for those that believe down wind turns are "different".
If you believe that downwind turns are "different" from upwind turns, or if you think that a pilo...n "feel" the direction of the wind, or that an aircraft te...t the plane flies? Are "downwind" turns (toward the east) now differe...ling when you are flying "downwind" (flying toward the north), or...- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eb.ohrh.parawind.free&hl=en I downloaded this app and took it out...r apps. It estimates the wind vector in real time while you...u fly in circle with you drift downwind. And if you plot your velocit...in the display, you get a good wind...
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- Now forming group to enroll in 16 hour course. To be offered somewhere in the...Interested." Don't be a shy lurker, mark as "interested" it doesn't hurt if it turns out you cna't attend, but it...
- Northwest Light Sport Events Western Sport Pilot Associa...; Memorial Day Opening Rally Download the EVENT BROCHURE Pr...unday and generally continues until sundown. The Discovery flights usually start early before the wind...
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- The wind was rough, I flew for about 45 mins or so and got tired of fighting with the wing and decided to land, I didn't like my first landing approach so decided to go around, turns out the second landing attempt was not that great either. In extreme scenarios, a trike could flip.
- Unknown pilot, unknown location, unknown country doing steep spiral turns in a trike
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Brain teasers for those that believe down wind turns are "different".
If you believe that downwind turns are "different" from upwind turns, or if you think that a pilot can "feel" the direction of the wind, or that an aircraft tends to "weathervane" to point into the external, meteorological wind, then you might enjoy these brain teasers. Primary context ...Tags: down wind turns, brain teasers