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lucien
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 Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:50 am Post subject: Re: Flying videos thermals! |
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Lucien and Pat,
You guys are misunderstanding me. I am not complaining about my Mark II in any way or wanting some other plane. I LOVE my Kolb and how it handles and flies and lands and takes off and taxis and anything else I could possibly think that my plane does. I wouldn't trade it for anything. I am just explaining why I don't fly in mid-day thermals in it. This is no problem for me. Like when I went to Douglas, I was in no rush to get home, matter of fact the nice rest I got on their big comfy recliner was quite refreshing (especially after standing around in the hot sun all morning) before I made the trek home that evening. I fly for the relaxation and the VIEW. Nothing beats the view in my Kolb...nothing! |
Er no I'm not complaining either. You can't goof around the patch with a great view in the RV like you can in a Kolb or other light a/c. Even if I could hold a medical, I'd have to be rich enough to do both an RV and a Kolb or Titan  . Otherwise I'd still choose the latter as that's my preferred flight experience.
I don't normally like to use personal aviation for travel anyway, just not my normal mission...
LS
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JetPilot
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| Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:05 pm Post subject: Re: Flying videos thermals! |
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Don't feel bad Cristal, I don't like mid day turbulence much either, I avoid it when possible ! Sometimes I fly through midday turbulence when I want to get somewhere, it is kind of funny to watch my wife enjoy fighting the turbulence like Grant does, but I fly mostly mornings and evenings also. Its all about fun and enjoying what you are doing, if you are not then its good judgment to wait on the ground for better conditions. All I can say is that Grant has balls to fly when he does just for the fun of it
I was experiencing the same thing in having to hold the stick hard over for a couple seconds at a time trying to correct the roll induced by the turbulence that you are, but the aileron spades helped a lot. I never have to hold full aileron for a couple seconds anymore to keep the wings level in a thermal, I never even need full stick at all. This makes flying in rough conditions a lot less nerve racking. One thing that helps is to stay away from the Hawks, if you make the mistake of flying into an air where you see a bunch of birds soaring, you are in for some really good bumps. I use the birds often to avoid the worst thermals.
Mike
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| Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:27 am Post subject: Flying videos thermals! |
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it is kind of funny to watch my wife enjoy fighting the turbulence >>
Hi,
I think the secret is NOT to fight the thermals. It doesn`t normally matter
if you are pushed up or down 50 feet, or tilted a bit, the next gust will
probably correct it to some extent. Provided of course that you are not
thrown in to a dangerous position. of course. Changes of airspeed on the ASI
are more likely to be caused by changes of pressure or direction in a gust
rather than an actual change in the planes speed. The inertia of the plane
just doesn`t change that fast and chasing the the airspeed through every
change can be pretty wearing.
As you approach a thermal the air gets a little bubbly, like champagne, and
then a wing lifts, and there is a little surge. You put the lifting wing
down and put in a bootfull of rudder, ease back on the stick to drop the
speed and begin to circle to find the strong lift in the middle of the
thermal and ...up you go.
At least that was the way it used be when I flew gliders. Now that I am
older and my stomach can no longer withstand roller coaster rides I fly
mornings or evenings. If I have to fly nearer mid day I stay away from
thermic sources like town roofs, ploughed fields, tarmac airfields. I watch
for buzzards circling and go the other way. I stay out from under milky
looking cumulus. I am just chicken...and I don`t care, I do this for fun and
being thrown around as if I was in a laundry machine just doesn`t qualify.
Cheers
Pat
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