Monthly Archives: March 2019

Know your database. Spring is here and everyone is getting ready to go flying again. Many people have started coming out from winter hibernation and starting to get current again. Now is a good time to take a drive and look at those airports you are planning on using. Many articles have been about getting your equipment ready and understanding how to use it. What about the information it is displaying,

In previous articles, I talk about using an MC=6 for your final glide settings. Here are other considerations to make sure that you make it home using your flight computer.

At the 2018 WGC Mike and I flew our first flight together in the EB28 ASH25 with an electrical failure and we had to do our final glide by eyeball. So Day 1 was a ‘hope’ that this would all work. However, we slowly fell

How good is your path through the air? Look at your Performance Index. We have talked about using SeeYou to analyze your flight, however, you do not have to wait until you land to know. Below are some instruments and settings to help you easily analyze your in-flight progress.

B600/800

Many flight computers display that information in different forms. But few have it as simply displayed

35:1 at 70knots

A typical flight in the ASW-19 I would see 35:1 at 70knts (I fly on the strong days). However, the glider is really only able to achieve somewhere around 20:1 at that speed. Either this ASW-19 is really good or I was selecting a good path. So a fun goal I set is 50% of the polar (not best L/D), but anytime you are better than the polar you are doing something right.

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