On 15/03/2013, at 5:12 PM, Adam Woolley wrote:
Have you got any rough 'rules of thumb' that you use in order to
decide if the short term deviation is worth it or not?
Better air within 30 degrees either side of track is worth deviating
for.
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It might depend a bit on the performance of your glider. I fly a Foka 5
I have been very impressed, in a negative way, by the amount of height
lost in a large area of sink. Enough to see you on the ground. My very
recent endevours have been to find ways to avoid or get out of sink.
Has anyone
Hi Peter
Please refer to section 1.13 (Page 31) of the third edition of ASME.
Kind regards
Bernard
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Sent: Saturday, 16 March 2013 8:59 PM
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At 06:57 PM 16/03/2013, you wrote:
On 15/03/2013, at 5:12 PM, Adam Woolley wrote:
Have you got any rough 'rules of thumb' that you use in order to
decide if the short term deviation is worth it or not?
Better air within 30 degrees either side of track is worth deviating for.
It is more
As I remember, it went more like this ...NEVER FLY THROUGH THE SAME BAD AIR
TWICE! which gives the advice a whole new depth of meaning, seeing that this
was one of the few pieces of information in the book - and the book is full of
useful information - to be so notated, and is the ONLY axiom
Adam,
Is the wisp stable, building or decaying? No-one has identified that so far.
Building, go. Decaying, pass it by. You should know unless you have been at
cloud base - watch the sky ahead, not just cloud by cloud.
I broadly agree with some previous comments, but also no-one has mentioned
