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cristalclear13
Joined: 19 Sep 2007
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Location: Southeast Georgia
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 Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:46 am Post subject: Flying upwind |
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I took a short flight last night before sunset. Winds were fairly calm - AWOS said 3kts out of 220. When I got in the air I noticed a fire burning off to the north and saw the smoke rising and then gently trailing off to the northeast.
I was going to just stay in the pattern but it was such a beautiful evening, I headed to the east and in no time I was at a big field about 4 miles away from the airport. I turned around to head back and noticed the smoke from that fire not rising very much but steadily blowing off to the northeast now. It took me probably a good 10 minutes to get back to the airport. Felt like I was CRAWLING.
That is certainly one big difference I've noticed between flying the Cessna and flying my Kolb. I feel like a big kite just being taken by the wind sometimes.
I didn't look last night when I got home, but I looked at the winds aloft early this morning and the winds are about 17-20kts at 3000 ft and I was flying at 2500 ft.
P.S. My checkride has been postponed to August 5th since I am on call at work for the next two weeks. Don't they know I wanna fly?! Oh well, wanna fly...gotta work.
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Kolb Mark II Twinstar Rotax 503 DCSI Sept 2007 - sold Sept 2012
Private Pilot Aug 2008
ELSA Repairman for N193Y April 2008
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grantr
Joined: 12 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:59 am Post subject: Re: Flying upwind |
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I agree. When Danny and I took a flight with surface winds over 13 knots the kolb felt like a kite. Once we got up about 1800 agl it appeared that we were only moving at a walking pace. Maintaining a heading flying cross wind required a rather steep crab angle about 30 degrees so the ground track was right between the wing and the nose.
Our planes fly much slower than the Cessna so yes the wind does appear to make a big difference in our ground speed. Actually both planes see the same increase/ decrease in ground speed however the Cessna is faster so its not as noticeable as in the Kolb.
My cruise indicated is only 60mph which is about 50 true airspeed. My cruise is only 2mph faster than a c150s stall speed of 48mph. Cruise is 123mph on a C-150.
What kind of work do you do?
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