Down here on the South Coast (Alabama), the good flying season is in the Fall/Winter.
Too windy in the Spring, too %$#^@ hot and humid in the Summer. IMO.
I wonder how the extreme cold affects mylar/monokote? My Chrysalis HLG has very light
and limber wings and no doubt the tension of the covering can affect the "twist"
(washout, etc) of the wing.
I'll be looking forward to seeing how the planes fly in dense air...
--Bill
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:30:23 -0500 "Walba, Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The rules I can follow for a full, (winter shortened) day of cold weather
flying are min 28deg with the wind blowing, min 20deg calm. This is HLG
weather for sure.
Not that much diference thermalling between 0deg and what you're used to
seeing (scientifically speakin, I think that is because your Delta T's are
about the same), it might lead you to wonder why you never tried it. Dead
air hang times are actually something, and what a tiny breeze will get you
in that dense air.
Rick
> > It s good to see the response from people who do fly all winter... I
> > think as long as my hands don't freeze solid. I can live with some
> > cold.... In colorado. The weather is always clear, with 325 sun days a
> > year....
> > Besides,, working all sorts of lift,, not only the good stuff in the
> > summer. betters my soaring ability....
> > Hope everyone is having fun
> > Charlie
> >
> We need to hear from our resident cold weather guru, Professor Al Nephew
> of
> Duluth, Minn. Whenever I see him at the IHLGF, there is always a puddle
> of
> melted water around him. He says he is hot, but I suspect he is just
> thawing.
>
> As I recall, Al once said he thermaled a glider when the temperature was
> below 0� F.
>
> JE
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