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Be patient.

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Be patient.

]]> Dolly handle detail that can help to prevent a lockout http://OzReport.com/1371555142 Paulo Jorge Frade <<paulo.frade>> writes:

Recently one pilot taking off in perfect conditions (wind aligned with the cart 15Km/h), inadvertently did not drop the left handle of the Dolly, causing a lookout, fortunately without major consequences (although it was a hard landing).

The main cause was the way he was holding the handle of the dolly. The pilot was holding the handle with two fingers but in addition, the handle was being held by the palm of the hand (shown in red) which caused to hold it long enough to lower the left wing.

So, I suggest holding the handle underneath the bar (shown in green), so that when you open your fingers, you loosen both handles simultaneously.

Personally I hold on with a lot more than two fingers on both hands, but the hose is below my base tube.

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]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:32:22 -0400 Paulo Jorge Frade <<paulo.frade>> writes:

Recently one pilot taking off in perfect conditions (wind aligned with the cart 15Km/h), inadvertently did not drop the left handle of the Dolly, causing a lookout, fortunately without major consequences (although it was a hard landing).

The main cause was the way he was holding the handle of the dolly. The pilot was holding the handle with two fingers but in addition, the handle was being held by the palm of the hand (shown in red) which caused to hold it long enough to lower the left wing.

So, I suggest holding the handle underneath the bar (shown in green), so that when you open your fingers, you loosen both handles simultaneously.

Personally I hold on with a lot more than two fingers on both hands, but the hose is below my base tube.

]]> Getting ready for a world record flight http://OzReport.com/1371554969 A little flight to get used to the first part of the  record flight to come

The flight here.

Live tracking here.

Chris Zimmerman and I took a little warm up flight from his home in Georgetown, Texas knowing that we wouldn't be setting a record given the forecasted weather to the north of Houston. We're both on Wills Wing Falcon 4 195's, big gliders, great for staying up in weak lift and drifting down wind. We had a 15 mph tail wind.

We also flew a bit on Sunday, but I got off low (600' AGL) on both of my tows and didn't get any where. Chris found 700 fpm and got up high. Mike Degtoff, our tow pilot, sternly told me to stay on next time. He also wanted me to stay on the cart longer so that he could get the light weight trike off the ground.

So I was first off on Monday and sure enough at 700' (I stayed on a little bit longer) I pinned off in good lift. Mike knew it was good also and joined me to show it was good and to encourage me to stay in it. I also pulled the cart way off the ground trying to stay low behind Mike.

Protowing Falcon 4 195's behind a low power trike is quite an experience. Mike was flying at 40 mph and I had the bar absolutely stuffed, which I'll tell you is not easily done on this glider. Chris, in addition, had his knees up at the bar that he was stuffing when he was towing.

There were plenty of cu's in the neighborhood, unlike the big sink hole that we were in on Sunday. I climbed to 3,100' AGL off of tow. Chris was just behind me and climbing.

We connected the dots north before getting low and beat up from devils in the grass southwest of Temple. I wasn't in contact on the radio with Chris so I couldn't tell him to keep far to the east so there we were heading toward the lakes.  Thankfully we got up and got out of there. I didn't find the next thermal back to the east so landed north of Belton.

Now we wait for the weather to turn. The summer solstice isn't here yet.

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]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:29:29 -0400 A little flight to get used to the first part of the  record flight to come

The flight here.

Live tracking here.

Chris Zimmerman and I took a little warm up flight from his home in Georgetown, Texas knowing that we wouldn't be setting a record given the forecasted weather to the north of Houston. We're both on Wills Wing Falcon 4 195's, big gliders, great for staying up in weak lift and drifting down wind. We had a 15 mph tail wind.

We also flew a bit on Sunday, but I got off low (600' AGL) on both of my tows and didn't get any where. Chris found 700 fpm and got up high. Mike Degtoff, our tow pilot, sternly told me to stay on next time. He also wanted me to stay on the cart longer so that he could get the light weight trike off the ground.

So I was first off on Monday and sure enough at 700' (I stayed on a little bit longer) I pinned off in good lift. Mike knew it was good also and joined me to show it was good and to encourage me to stay in it. I also pulled the cart way off the ground trying to stay low behind Mike.

Protowing Falcon 4 195's behind a low power trike is quite an experience. Mike was flying at 40 mph and I had the bar absolutely stuffed, which I'll tell you is not easily done on this glider. Chris, in addition, had his knees up at the bar that he was stuffing when he was towing.

There were plenty of cu's in the neighborhood, unlike the big sink hole that we were in on Sunday. I climbed to 3,100' AGL off of tow. Chris was just behind me and climbing.

We connected the dots north before getting low and beat up from devils in the grass southwest of Temple. I wasn't in contact on the radio with Chris so I couldn't tell him to keep far to the east so there we were heading toward the lakes.  Thankfully we got up and got out of there. I didn't find the next thermal back to the east so landed north of Belton.

Now we wait for the weather to turn. The summer solstice isn't here yet.

]]> Wind coming out of the ground http://OzReport.com/1371479626

Southwest of Oklahoma City the winds are shown as coming out of the ground going in all directions. I wonder how they explain this.

http://hint.fm/wind/

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Southwest of Oklahoma City the winds are shown as coming out of the ground going in all directions. I wonder how they explain this.

http://hint.fm/wind/

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