At 06:35 PM 16/06/05 -0400, you wrote:
>Gidday
>
>I've known its 200ft since forever, I guess I had good instructors, but--
>
> What does 200ft look like glider to glider in the air?
>
>Pretty hard to judge and I do not measure off the feet visually when I'm
flying, it becomes a TLAR judgement.
>
>Grant Harper
Of course it does. It is a guide which means to allow for time for evasive
action. Which might be lost on those who will now be subject to having "200
feet" rammed into them.
You could make a little sight gadget. 200 feet is around 8 fuselage lengths
so make your sight to have an 1:8 angle. Cardboard sounds like a good
material. Do this in a two seater and organise with another pilot to fly
alongside and gently close until you get close to the 200 feet. Then you
will know what it looks like.
Someone care to do this this weekend? Might make a good training aid and
probably should be done at some time in every student pilot's training.
As Stephen Kittel says, 4 wingspans. I'd add or 8 fuselage lengths.
After somebody has done the little experiment above could they get back to
us and tell us if that felt close, please?
Mike
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