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| 1133.1 | Wind/Instructor | WMOIS::DA_WEIER | | Fri Oct 20 1989 19:38 | 24 |
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I also began this hobby this past year (in the spring). First of all,
you did not mention if you had an instructor to assist your learning
process. If not, this should be your first concern. The instructor can
make better calls as to what weather would not interfere with your
learning.
If you are attempting to learn yourself, (DON'T!) You would not want
wind over 5 mph.
If you have an instructor, I would suspect that winds averaging 10 -
12 mph could be handled. This doesn't mean that the plane/instructor
couldn't handle higher winds, its just that when learning it helps to
keep other variables ie; winfd to a minimum. It also makes a difference
if the winds are steady in speed and direction, or from variable
directions and speeds ie; are the winds coming nice and straight down
the runway.
This fall has been a difficult time to fly, especially for a person
with low experience. It was much easier to get flight time in during
spring and summer. I wonder how the winter is going to be?
Good Luck,
Dan Weier
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| 1133.2 | Watch for wind turbulence | GIDDAY::CHADD | Pylon; the ultimate High. | Sun Oct 22 1989 19:04 | 13 |
| Talking weather and wind. We had a Pylon contest 2 weeks back; the wind was
measured at 35 Knots gusting to 40.
Landings were interesting, yet quite easy. The field in question had 2-3 miles
off open paddock up wind; no trees or other obstacles to cause any turbulence. I
fly at other fields where trees and bushes create so much turbulence 10 Knots
makes landings difficult.
The crunch (sorry about that choice of word) is; it's not the wind speed that
is the problem it is turbulence that makes the model handling unpredictable
and dangerous.
John
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| 1133.3 | Another wind tip (so to speak) | TEKTRM::REITH | Jim Reith DTN 235-8459 HANNAH::REITH | Mon Oct 23 1989 09:43 | 4 |
| Another thing that can be helpful is to notice that the wind is calmest at
sunrise and sunset (on the average). Yesterday was a blustery day but I got
to the field around 3:30 and got in 5 good flights before "dusk" set in too
deep.
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| 1133.4 | windy days | KYOA::GAROZZO | | Mon Oct 23 1989 17:20 | 9 |
| A general rule of thumb is that the pattern planes will perform
better in the wind. They can easily handle 10 to 20 MPH winds.
The trainer types, high wing, flat bottom do not fly well in wind.
They tend to balloon, or always want to climb. They also have much
dihedral, allowing the wind, especially on the ground, to get under the
wing and try to turn it over.
Regards,
bob g.
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