Ollie - thank you for the forecasts. I don't understand most of it, so I just look for your comments in CAPS. Would you consider doing a short talk on the...
LOL! Just go to the site where the wind is blowing in and turn in lift. Just kidding! I would like to learn more about the forecast models also. ... Jack's and...
hi ollie,we love you and miss you.when do you get to come back? and do you think you will get to come to the next bod meeting. steve and i talk about you each...
HI Kathy, I'm planning to make the next board meeting. I doubt I'll be flying for at least a year. I can't bend my knee but about 10 degrees. Need to bend...
I'll be happy to do it. As a matter of fact, I plan to do every weather workup with the computer screen projected from my In Focus projector so everyone can...
I'm no expert but it looks like the forecast for Saturday has changed for the better... maybe might shut off a little early due to a lot of cloud cover(?) but...
that sounds good except i don't like the part where no flying for a year, so heres what i did when they told me no lifting for a year, i put large traing...
This kind of email is exactly the reason I love this sport as much as I do ! I would take off from work if you needed some help launching, hauling, etc...........
I think that rolling off the ramp would scare me to death! Anyway, I'll be working on it with hope that it will come sooner than later. I got 23 degrees of...
Here's the blipper for Sunday. Looks like Henson's is just below a wet or stable airmass. I'll have to look into things a bit to see what is up. The blipper...
Both Saturday and Sunday were extremely hazy. Cumies both days but Saturday the valley was so hazy you could barely make out the ridge on the other side from...
Hi Jeff--reading your post it seems a little odd that you feel your glider is trimming too fast if the bar comes out--usually that's a sign of the opposite...
Trim speed is simply the speed your glider "seeks" on its own without pilot input in pitch. All things being equal, generally speaking when you move your CG...
Don got 110 over yesterday. and Slava got some circling in above the foothill. I heard Ned say he gained 150 feet. Marc, the other half of the story on Jeff's...
Thanks Marc. The CG of my harness is not adjustable to my understanding; it is not a back-plate style harness with a slider, rather the mains are sewn to the...
My understanding is you need to find stall speed first. Minimum sink is 2-3MPH above that and Trim is 4-5MPH above stall. "In the absence of the use of tufts,...
Based on what you say--it sounds to me like your glider is trimmed too slow--but I cannot say for sure without actually see you fly. Your best bet would be for...
Sunday was the best day. Greg and I fly at Lookout. I saw a tandem hit just a slight up near the foot hills NW of the LZ. I said, "that looked like a little...
