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Jim Baker
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Location: Sayre, PA
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 Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 1:22 pm Post subject: Cool..... |
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Just got back from 10.6k, mostly on thermals from about 1000
AGL and 2200 rpm. Just parked up under a nice big CU and shut
'er down. Stayed with the lift for over 45 minutes and then broke
out and glided home.This is the second day in a row that we've
had good activity and several years since strong thermals were
common. 104F on the ground and about 52 at top of lift.
A really nice, free program for determining top of lift is available
from
http://wind2walk.com/software.html
and the data from
http://raob.fsl.noaa.gov/
Takes a few minutes to learn but handy when determining if
thermals are likely and the top-of-lift conditions...
Jim Baker
580.788.2779
Elmore City, OK
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jeepacro(at)cox.net
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 2:11 pm Post subject: Cool..... |
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AW SOME! This is what I'm going to be interested in! What plane are you flying? I'm wondering if my firefly is going to be strong enough to thermal in the middle of the summer day's. We get some boomer thermals out hear that seem to have the strength to rip the wing's off. I asked the guy's at Kolb if I would be able to do this in my FF and they said that the plane is stronger than a Cessna 150 and that I would be able to. I had gliders before and love it but did not like the ex pence of the tow etc. I'm thinking I'll be able to get off the ground under power and shut her down in the thermals and sore with no motor. Tell me more about the flight if you would!!!!!!!
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Rob.
---- Jim Baker <jlbaker(at)msbit.net> wrote:
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Just got back from 10.6k, mostly on thermals from about 1000
AGL and 2200 rpm. Just parked up under a nice big CU and shut
'er down. Stayed with the lift for over 45 minutes and then broke
out and glided home.This is the second day in a row that we've
had good activity and several years since strong thermals were
common. 104F on the ground and about 52 at top of lift.
A really nice, free program for determining top of lift is available
from
http://wind2walk.com/software.html
and the data from
http://raob.fsl.noaa.gov/
Takes a few minutes to learn but handy when determining if
thermals are likely and the top-of-lift conditions...
Jim Baker
580.788.2779
Elmore City, OK
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dhkey(at)msn.com
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 2:35 pm Post subject: Cool..... |
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I'm going to be done by October too. I'll race you. I got into ultralights
from hanggliders too. If you're not flying somewhere like
www.WallabyRanch.com where they can aero tow you all day long, it's just too
much trouble to get the hanglider set up and someone with a winch or moped
or automobile to tow you up. You can thermal the Kolbs but they are not like
hanggliders. I do it with low rpm so the prop doesn't drag, if you have
boomers out there you'll be able to do it.
do not archive
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