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Example Weight and Balance calculation:
http://members.goldengate.net/~tmrent/soar/docs/135/Wb1a.jpg
http://members.goldengate.net/~tmrent/soar/docs/135/Wb1a.jpg
Flying for hours concentrating and focusing on the task would require the setting to be justttt right I think. Perhaps a nice lightweight plastic moulded seat.
NIce, bet you're loking forward to getting her in the air!
In a couple of months, maybe.
Not anxious. Step by step.
Just had to take the deal that presented itself.
Wise man. My uncle and brother, both accomplished pilots, had some horror stories about beginners who bought "over their head" and crashed their new planes. Some walked away, some did not...
Natural immunity sometimes results in total immunity to everything including life. Yeah, I'd get those papers pronto.The club provides a somewhat "casual" training environment, not like a school where you might be or feel pressured. They give flight lessons, you're pretty much on your own for the ground school/book part.
I feel real comfortable with the way it's going. Spend a good amount of time there, talk to everybody and listen to their stories and advice,
In my mind, I budgeted a year to get a license, which might happen in September, which would be about seven months, if I can get my nose into the books a little more to at least pass the written test. The DPE is scheduled to make a visit sometime in September for practical tests.
I didn't expect to have a suitable plane fall into my lap quite yet. Maybe Karma rewarded me for the work I've put into the operation. I always go for the day, get things set up, launch and recover others, whatever comes along that needs doing. Such is life.
Others might show up mid-day, want a lesson, be gone.
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The seller is a Chiropractor. He has some sort of Covid outbreak happening at his office (he was on the phone for an hour Saturday).
I asked if he is vaccinated, he said "No, I'd rather get it and develop the natural immunity". Mask? No.
Hmm... Maybe I'd best get his signatures on the paperwork soon. Real soon.
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Actually, my instructor approves of the deal, so I've got that going for me, which is nice.
Wowow. So many circles. You must be getting good at hunting down thermals with all those circles. After flying in the winter season when the summer comes it should be easier to hunt down lift?
Is that sand ballast? What about lead sheet. It must be available somewhere. 1/4" thick and line the seat with it and maybe you gain another 1" or more in head clearance.the ballast
I know that area a little. I used to go from Canada to near there with the wife for a ocean drive and stop for clam chowder/lunch/dinner at a quant little owner operated restaurant over looking a gorge. That area makes for a great outing and it's a great drive. The view from a aircraft must be wonderful there along the coast @ Olympic National Park.out of Seattle out to Forks for lunch
I count ~105 circles!The day I posted above was a bit windy - you can see that in how most of the circles drift from east to west.
Is that sand ballast?
What about lead sheet.
Cool. Get it while you can, lead might be prohibited one day...lolI figure little bags of steel shot that fit into pockets, so you can adjust your training weights.
3/8" by 12" square is 24 pounds for $67 plus shipping...
I'll think about it, though I'm gaining some of what was lost back again...
Back when I flew R/C gliders I would follow the big birds: vultures, eagles, etc. They are experts at finding thermals and other kinds of lift. Flying prop airplanes we avoid birds, but perhaps it is not unsafe in a glider as there's no prop and you're not moving much faster than the big birds.It's not too hard to stay up.
The puffy cloud days with just a little breeze are the easiest.
I think Springtime was good here. Too much humidity (Summer) makes the clouds lower.
One fellow did over five hours on a completely cloudless (no clues in the sky where the lift is) day.
The day I posted above was a bit windy - you can see that in how most of the circles drift from east to west.
Where you sick for awhile?
I did some soaring years ago and really enjoyed it. I would like to do it again, but there are no places near me to do it.