A comment on DS. It seems to me that years and years ago I found a discussion of dynamic soaring in one of Reichmann's writings. Only in this case the discussion was about full scale soaring pilots who had used a wind gradient at altitude to fly for prolonged periods of time. What is needed is a wind speed gradient and a way to explore that gradient. The first does not need to be slope generated, and the second is a flying technique. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "RCSE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 11:04 AM Subject: RE: [RCSE] Frontside DS?
> > > We have a similar thing which we DS foamies in... > > ------ > / > /\__/ > / > / > > The ditch is about 6ft deep and the front to back distance is about 20ft > There is just enough room to DS foamies in it. But this is dark side DS. > > Ade > > > > We have a slope here that has a big notch in front of it about 70 ft > > from the top, the valley floor is about 800ft down. In "just" the right > > conditions you can stand behind the lip (of the notch) and feel no > > breeze. I have played in this area with foamies but haven't got it to > > work properly yet. When I've tried with something more appropriate the > > wind hasn't cooperated. > > ----- > > / > > ---- > > / > > / > > / > > -- > > Brian Ford > > www.mrssa.net > > ___ > > ________|________ > > 0 > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send > > "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
