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sg · 3 thumbs up Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 11030

Check out this RC guys blog, hehehe.
Someone went XC Smile

http://berg-gliders.blogspot.com/2006/11/hang-glider-makes-out-landing-on-berg.html

tizeagle · Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:42 pm Post subject:

Whats he complaining about he dosn't state the reason for the landing, he got of course, something went wrong, or was he just being a d***?

Someone needs to learn how to complain or present the whole story.

Confused

HuttoRhino · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:57 am Post subject:

At least he didn't hit an RC plane or something. The guy writes like he knows exactly how long a HG can stay up. Right at 5 miles is pretty good for starters! big grin

CHassan · 3 thumbs up Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 4593 Location: Ohio

He he, my longest XC is 5 miles Laughing

Took the day off work to join a couple fellow Ohio Flyers in a round of scooter tows. One guy with a Mosquito was going to tow us up and if we could stick, he'd come up to join us.
My instructor was first to stick, my first tow I almost stuck. I ended up having to take a handfull of tows to get up. Finally I found good lift to 3200 agl. The drift was moderate, but I found myself about 5 miles downwind. I decided to try to make it back to the field Shocked

This was my first true test of finding best L/D and I failed miserably.
I lost 1500' and only made 1/4 mile worth of progress. Knowing the park to be as good as any place to land, I turned back and made a bee line for it.

Found out the other pilot landed before me, and the mosquito pilot lost his muffler bolts and had a very short flight.

They picked me up, we had a few beers, and I was glad I didn't go to work! Just wish I would have kept going downwind, instead of foolishly trying to get back! That is 3 XC ventures for me. (A total of 9 miles woohooo!)

HuttoRhino · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:04 pm Post subject:

I am going to work at it but for now... I'll keep to my 1 mile trecks!! The winter season is horrible unless we get some freaky weather to help us out.

tizeagle · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:56 pm Post subject:

Hutto you can always come north to scooter tow and get a ton of landing practice through the winter months. I do allot of quick tows to about 400' circle and land. depending on the amount of people that visit us I can easily get 4-6 tows an hour.> Smile

HuttoRhino · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:25 pm Post subject:

Hey thanks!! I may take you up on it but the real nasty weather is on its way to us now.

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