Yeah, I'm a bit confused by that statement also ...
Col Whisson 0459 121 457 On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 11:32 PM -0800, "Optusnet" <jjsincl...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: I am laughing so hard I think I just s_at myself Sent from my iPad > On 2 Mar 2016, at 4:54 PM, Matt Gage <m...@knightschallenge.com> wrote: > > The height is intended to be set to make a straight in possible and safe - > high enough to encourage people to make the airfield, low enough to make the > straight in possible. A circuit after a comp flight is the exception now and > if at all possible will be to any runway EXCEPT that being used for straight > in. The last leg should be roughly in line with the runway. > > The biggest problem I’ve had with finish heights being set too high has been > the last 10km spent head in cockpit judging whether I’m going to clear the > set finish height (along with the other 15 gliders within 500m of me) as I > know I’ll make the airfield with masses of height to spare - set just right > and I can fly a 10km final judging angle to the airfield by eye, confident > that I’ll clear the finish height without worrying about it. > > > >> On 2 Mar 2016, at 16:28 , DMcD <slutsw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> 500' feet minima at 3k >> >> Is the approach over the lake the normal circuit joining area or a >> straight in with a limited margin for error? >> >> So on a normal day when you could expect 500 down in the circuit, that >> would leave a safety margin of how much at safe speed (very) near the >> ground? >> >> >> D >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au >> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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