Monthly Archives: April 2019
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April 25, 2019
Everyone wants to get the most out of climbing in a thermal. Maximizing thermal climb rate is easier said than done. Climbing well requires precise airspeed control with an optimal turn radius. Airspeed control is only one factor in your turn radius. Shallowing and steepening up your turn is necessary to find and stay in the core. Shallowing up too much will put you outside
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April 18, 2019
You should be thinking about your thermal average and pay attention if it is getting better or worse. Seldom is topping the thermal ideal. Once it drops off you need to think about leaving, actually, you should probably leave before the thermal average drops off. You should get going when your 20-second average begins to drop and not ruin your entire thermal average.
Can you beat
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April 11, 2019
Below are some photos courtesy of a Facebook page called ‘Crap Instrument Panels’.
As technology advances, you sometimes need to start over with a better instrument panel and not just continually add instruments. Visibility and electronic distractions can be equally bad.
Portable FLARM
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April 04, 2019
Don't get Complacent
You know how this did not happen? Flying. Never have I heard someone come back from a flight “That thermal pushed me soo hard from behind, accelerating me and I heard a loud crack, it must have been the rudder.” However, I have seen multiple pilots push the glider up the ramp and into the trailer with one hand pushing on the rudder, sometimes both.
As you can see