More Cloud Flight

On Feb 16, 2:16 pm, Shawn wrote:
bumper wrote:
"Kemp" wrote in message
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Kemp

Something to remember if you are foolish enough to get sucked into a CB and
lose your pretty white wings as a result. If you bail out successfully, it
might be a good idea to wait a while before pulling the rip cord lest you
continue to go up.

Do paragliders (is that what you call the participants?) typically have
an emergency chute?

Shawn

I'm curious. I've heard of planes being "sucked up" into clouds, but
is that really a threat? My glider will DESCEND consistantly at 90
knots AS with the nose down 45 degrees (steeper and slightly slower
with full flaps). That should yeild a vertical speed of around 45
knots. I'm still looking for a thermal stronger than the 10-12 knot
boomers we get here!

Uncle Fuzzy

On Feb 28, 5:11 pm, wrote:
On Feb 16, 2:16 pm, Shawn wrote:



bumper wrote:
"Kemp" wrote in message
roups.com...
Today's award recipient for the luckiest person on earth:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17185299/?GT1=9033

Kemp

Something to remember if you are foolish enough to get sucked into a CB and
lose your pretty white wings as a result. If you bail out successfully, it
might be a good idea to wait a while before pulling the rip cord lest you
continue to go up.

Do paragliders (is that what you call the participants?) typically have
an emergency chute?

Shawn

I'm curious. I've heard of planes being "sucked up" into clouds, but
is that really a threat? My glider will DESCEND consistantly at 90
knots AS with the nose down 45 degrees (steeper and slightly slower
with full flaps). That should yeild a vertical speed of around 45
knots. I'm still looking for a thermal stronger than the 10-12 knot
boomers we get here!

Uncle Fuzzy

For you, its not really a threat. You pretty much have to be in the
cloud, from what I hear, to experience that kind of climb rate. I
think kemptons flight trace showed 54 or 56 knots up at one point
during his cloud ride. For me in my old wood glider with weak
airbrakes and low Vne its something I need to worry about. For
someone in a paraglider with no airbrakes and an even lower Vne then
its a serious concern.

wrote:

I'm curious. I've heard of planes being "sucked up" into clouds, but
is that really a threat? My glider will DESCEND consistantly at 90
knots AS with the nose down 45 degrees (steeper and slightly slower
with full flaps). That should yeild a vertical speed of around 45
knots. I'm still looking for a thermal stronger than the 10-12 knot
boomers we get here!

Go to the Cb that sucked up the paraglider at Manilla. Her logger
showed over 30kts up and it may not have been the core.

But take a cat to help you stay right way up.

GC




Uncle Fuzzy