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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.- ...anding. I think a lot of pilots approaching to landing with a small speed - cruising speed. A lot of them flew with engi...ind I flew from 500ft without engine about 100-120km/h and I reduce speed about 20cm up the runway. I f...
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- It wasn’t too bad initially. We headed towards Jicarilla Airport and the north/south valley that ends near Albuquerque starts there. I had the corset all the way in and was doing 65-70 mph ground speed.
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- ...ern Cape of South Africa to VERNEUKPAN, the place where many world land speed record attempts have taken pl...by Sir Malcolm Campbell, who unsuccessfully attempted to break the land speed record in his Napier-Campbell...
- ...ned wind gradient. The wind is blowing right to left, and difference in speed with altitude because of surf...d breakers form in sea. It looks dramatic, but a ten knot difference in speed over a few hundred feet is mo...
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- ...ne knot of each other! One knot is less than the tolerance of the measuring ability. So effectively, each prop gave exactly the same speed for the same power setting!
Birdly-- Very Cool !! The virtual dream we've all been searching for ....
...n which the bird flies over in the scenery and ranges from the scent of a forest, soil, to several other odors of the wilderness. According to the speed of the bird the simulator reg...
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- ...ned wind gradient. The wind is blowing right to left, and difference in speed with altitude because of surf...d breakers form in sea. It looks dramatic, but a ten knot difference in speed over a few hundred feet is mo...
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- ...lt hangpoint to increase and decrease the trim speed. I would like to move t...he hangpoint forward one hole to increase trim speed. I currently have a trim...moving the hangpoint of the Cruze wing on trim speed? How much difference wi...
- ...the control bar in a supine position with the base tube not limited for speed and penetration, also the bar...t there. or do you want more technology and insterments and gadgets and speed to get there fast with a view...
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- ...ready for anything! XC Triker 3 days ago The one thing about a slipping turn to final is that it will build speed, and "most" times speed helps authority in turbulence...
- ...conditions are much smoother in the final 20-50 ft of air just above the runway, than 500 ft to 1000 ft above in the pattern. Just keep your speed up on approach so you can get...
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- ...t wing manufacturers always highlight the wide speed range in their wing advertisi...e out that what makes a Strut wing have a wide speed range. Would a strut wings of...se then what makes a Strut wing have the wider speed range. Any help in u...
- ...e desciption it says "100% double surface increases top end speed and lowers the stall speed....Not sewing the under surfa...an a 80% double surface wing, how does that help lower the stall speed? If anything I would think th...
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- ...s per hour, or 340 meters per second and about 661 knots on an average day at sea level. And sometimes, you can almost see it. Going close to that speed through air can cause some un...
- Flying my new wing. Speed 40-80kts. Solo:10L/hr. Dual:12L/hr.
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