I agree they'd have to be outlawed in contests, but I'd love to see some
just for educational purposes.
Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Soaring listserver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 11:32 AM
Subject: [RCSE] Seeing Thermals??????
> I only have one thing to say about that....
>
> I hope it never happens that we can get an instrument to see a thermal,,
> That would take all the fun out of it...
> Then who would be the sharpest pilot??? I would quit flying
> competitions.... What would be the point???
> I have seen this in full scale soaring to. Everyone wants to cheat and
> get some way to see a thermal. Sure! they have inferred devices that are
> on helicopters, But there isn't anything available light enough for even
> a full scale glider...
> I think its an art to detect thermals,,, That art is what makes people
> win contests,,, Or at least stay up,,,
> I am working on that.. Its tuff!! And I think that's what makes this
> sport so interesting.... I enjoy learning very much... If it wasn't a
> challenge, I wouldn't do it!!!
> Birds of prey can see thermals.... What they see mostly is the bugs or
> debris that is carried up in a thermal...
> Some say they can smell them also.. What they smell is the air going up.
> Its warmer and carries various things up.... I remember thermaling my
> 1-34 , I was at 15k feet.... I noticed all these birds. They were
> sparrows type birds,, swooping all over.. I asked myself.. What the hell
> are they doing. Just playing?? Well after talking to people, It was
> explained ot me that they were feeding on the bugs that were sucked up
> in the thermal....
> Cool
> Cheers
> Charlie
>
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