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More Low Passes to Terrorize the Sheeple

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Mon Dec 06, 2010 2:06 am

More Low Passes to Terrorize the Sheeple

It's all about energy management!

Lots of Low passses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK5XVGV8 ... re=related


Doing Warp in the rocks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-Qw2dsT ... re=related

We're all Gonna Die!
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Mon Dec 06, 2010 2:17 am

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MarkGrubb wrote:
We're all Gonna Die!


Not that we are suffering from a shortage of smart-assed remarks around here, but I don't see why that is necessary. I think EVERYONE was making great points in the other thread.
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Mon Dec 06, 2010 2:35 am

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Alaska Flyer:

To my knowledge, all humans to date (except Lazarus if the PR is to believed and we discount deities in human form) die.

If your perception (there's that darned perception problem again) of me stating a known fact is a "smart-ass remark" I deeply apologize.

Or are you aware of some way to side-step this inconvenient truth? Please share.

I concur that there were some good points made. Watch the videos. There is some really good flying there.

Palm-smack to head: Must resist getting involved in forum discussions.
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Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:24 am

More Low Passes to Terrorize the Sheeple

Indeed we are all going to die sometime. Heres hoping that it is on your own terms instead of some jerk pilot's :)
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Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:39 am

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Cool video. So how many died making that. My guess is like half. [-X
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Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:49 am

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I enjoy low passes, P-51s, gliders, all of 'em! Gliders are just amazing. They are so effecient with newer 18 meter (59') ships having an L/D of over 50 to 1. When they fly by it sounds like a jet without the engines!

Rule of thumb for glider low passes is that every knot of excess speed can be traded for about 9 feet of altitude. So if you start a pass near VNE (146 knots in my ship), and do the pull up at 110 knots, then you can climb to 450' by the time you reach 60 knots. 450' agl is more than enough to fly a full pattern and then some.
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Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:50 am

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Thanks for sharing, time lapse spin was pretty cool too!


OMG I'm halfway dead already. :shock:
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Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:02 am

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But what if the wind stops!?! :lol:
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Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:48 am

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Glidergeek wrote:But what if the wind stops!?! :lol:



Or if you have to make that dreaded downwind turn :D
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Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:56 pm

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DARN good links, Mark: No apologies needed. =D>

Then there's the chap at the OLD Black Forest Gliderport who used to do INVERTED low passes, roll out on finals. He's still doing variants somewhere in the West, so shall not be named here.

That said, these folks ALL have outstanding skills. And it can set a bad example for those who have NOT practised these exercises at altitude.

Mark, don't try THAT in your Supercub! [-X

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