Wind Gradient

[Dan Marotta]

Sixty-two knots on downwind, 23 knots at the surface.Â* I started my base
turn while the intended touchdown point was still in front of me and it
worked out just right.

I learned that my ClearNav gets confused when presented with a 2 kt
ground speed.Â* A very interesting day over all.
--
Dan, 5J

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[AS]

On Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 7:56:36 PM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
> Sixty-two knots on downwind, 23 knots at the surface.Â* I started my base
> turn while the intended touchdown point was still in front of me and it
> worked out just right.
>
> I learned that my ClearNav gets confused when presented with a 2 kt
> ground speed.Â* A very interesting day over all.
> --
> Dan, 5J
>
> ---
> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
> https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Did you post the flight on OLC?
Uli
'AS'

[Dan Marotta]

Yes.Â* It's not very impressive.Â* However I did have one exciting time
when it became clear that I could not stay under 18,000' without taking
extreme measures.Â* I was already cruising at about 120 KIAS and still
going up so I turned down wind to get to the sink.Â* I found my ground
speed was up to 223 knots!Â* As soon as I felt sink, I started to turn
around but, by the time I got back into the wave, I had lost over 4,000
feet.

On 12/23/2017 6:17 PM, AS wrote:
> On Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 7:56:36 PM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
>> Sixty-two knots on downwind, 23 knots at the surface.Â* I started my base
>> turn while the intended touchdown point was still in front of me and it
>> worked out just right.
>>
>> I learned that my ClearNav gets confused when presented with a 2 kt
>> ground speed.Â* A very interesting day over all.
>> --
>> Dan, 5J
>>
>> ---
>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus
> Did you post the flight on OLC?
> Uli
> 'AS'

--
Dan, 5J

[AS]

On Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 9:08:37 PM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
> Yes.Â* It's not very impressive.Â* However I did have one exciting time
> when it became clear that I could not stay under 18,000' without taking
> extreme measures.Â* I was already cruising at about 120 KIAS and still
> going up so I turned down wind to get to the sink.Â* I found my ground
> speed was up to 223 knots!Â* As soon as I felt sink, I started to turn
> around but, by the time I got back into the wave, I had lost over 4,000
> feet.
>
> On 12/23/2017 6:17 PM, AS wrote:
> > On Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 7:56:36 PM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
> >> Sixty-two knots on downwind, 23 knots at the surface.Â* I started my base
> >> turn while the intended touchdown point was still in front of me and it
> >> worked out just right.
> >>
> >> I learned that my ClearNav gets confused when presented with a 2 kt
> >> ground speed.Â* A very interesting day over all.
> >> --
> >> Dan, 5J
> >>
> >> ---
> >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
> >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus
> > Did you post the flight on OLC?
> > Uli
> > 'AS'
>
> --
> Dan, 5J

Wow - you were cooking! At one point, your ground-speed was 387km/h or 240.5mph!
Uli
'AS'