Samuel, On Monday I flew my Sagitta XC (span of 14'). My Picolario said I was at 3,200'.
I was at the very limits of my eyesight and I brought it down with spoilers to 2,500' for the rest of my one hour TD, LSF Level IV thermal task. I believe seeing the airplane will be totally dependent upon your sky conditions (cobalt blue being the most difficult for me); humidity/haziness; your own eyesight ability; and the span and chord of your wings. I'm sure some of the XC-boys from the West Coast will want to chime in on this one. Bill Rakozy LSF, Secretary Minnesota -----Original Message----- From: Robert Samuels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 4:25 PM To: soaring@airage.com Subject: [RCSE] How high? Some time ago I put an Avocet wrist altimeter into my 3.2 meter plane and thermalled it up to where I could barely see it. The altimeter max. alt. read 2,400 ft. Recently I read a review of a small on board max. altitude recording thingee and the reviewer said he thermalled his 3 meter up to 2,300 ft. at which point he could barely see the plane. I've had a guy tell me he was able to fly his plane to over 3,500 ft. as measured by a full scale plane that was at the same altitude. (the r/c pilot was on the ground). I don't believe him. Who, among you, have measured how high you can see (fly) your 3 meter? How high were you able to go and still control the plane? Robert Samuels ............... St. Louis _________________________________________________________________ Check the weather nationwide with MSN Search: Try it now! http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=weather&FORM=WLMTAG RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
