WAC vs Sectional

Jose wrote:
And I thought I was the only one that did that (500 ft AGL, that is)!!!


The view is awesome, especially in fall, over rolling hills. But keep a
sharp eye for cell towers!

Do you use cruise power, or do you slow down to give yourself more time to react
to obstacles and populated areas?

Dave

Do you use cruise power, or do you slow down to give yourself more time to react to obstacles and populated areas?

There's plenty of time at cruise power to react. A dakota only does
140 on a good day. Maybe 160 with a tail wind. (Tail winds are
mainly a myth. It takes twenty seconds or more to cover a mile.

This is obviously not the kind of flying you hand over to George while
you make a ham sandwich, and I wouldn't do this in two miles and mist,
but by focusing on the high-definition wraparound panoramic plexiglass
screen (HDWPPS) one can easily avoid tilting at windmills.

Jose
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"Jose" wrote in message m...
Do you use cruise power, or do you slow down to give yourself more time to react to obstacles and populated areas?

There's plenty of time at cruise power to react. A dakota only does 140 on a good day. Maybe 160 with a tail wind.
(Tail winds are mainly a myth. It takes twenty seconds or more to cover a mile.

This is obviously not the kind of flying you hand over to George while you make a ham sandwich, and I wouldn't do this
in two miles and mist, but by focusing on the high-definition wraparound panoramic plexiglass screen (HDWPPS) one can
easily avoid tilting at windmills.

Jose
--
Money: What you need when you run out of brains.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.


HDWPPS - I like that!

Do you use cruise power, or do you slow down to give yourself more time
to react to obstacles and populated areas?

There's plenty of time at cruise power to react. A dakota only does 140
on a good day. Maybe 160 with a tail wind. (Tail winds are mainly a
myth. It takes twenty seconds or more to cover a mile.

This sounds crazy to me. What do you do in the vicinity of airports? Or do
you only fly this way over unpopulated areas? (Since you joke about dodging
cell towers, it doesn't sound like it.)

Have you calculated your glide range from 500 feet? When that big fan
sputters to a halt, your choice will be to land straight ahead, or maybe 30
degrees off either side...

I guess I thought you were joking.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

A mile to a mile-and-a-quarter per 1000 feet altitude.

Jay Honeck wrote:
Have you calculated your glide range from 500 feet? When that big fan
sputters to a halt, your choice will be to land straight ahead, or maybe 30
degrees off either side...

At 75 MPH/2100 RPM, the world goes by SLOWLY!!!
My next biggest obstacle (after towers) are buzzards riding the thermals.
As for populated areas, I read the water towers to figure out where I am.
Of course, in the summer, the topless sunbathers sometimes wave as I
pass by.

Dave Butler wrote:
Do you use cruise power, or do you slow down to give yourself more time
to react to obstacles and populated areas?

jsmith wrote:

As for populated areas, I read the water towers to figure out where I am.

I used to do that. It's amazing how many towns are named "Municipal Water
Department."

George Patterson
He who would distinguish what is true from what is false must have an
adequate understanding of truth and falsehood.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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I used to do that. It's amazing how many towns are named "Municipal Water
Department."

This whole thread has been pretty funny, but this one had me ROFL. Thanks,
George!