VG line? You don't need no stinking VG line!!!
Paul
Woodstock 2/8
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Re: Woodstock 2/8 vg line
Hugh,
I carry a length of fishing line and a nut with my spare parts bag. It's a simple matter to remove the VG line from the downtube, tie the fishing line to the end of the VG line and the nut to the other end of the fishing line. (Make sure the string is longer than the downtube.) Then drop the nut down the tube. It will slide right down and come out the other end. Pull the fishing line until the VG line comes through and you are there.
I have a hunch you drank those two beers first!
Dan in Baghdad
I carry a length of fishing line and a nut with my spare parts bag. It's a simple matter to remove the VG line from the downtube, tie the fishing line to the end of the VG line and the nut to the other end of the fishing line. (Make sure the string is longer than the downtube.) Then drop the nut down the tube. It will slide right down and come out the other end. Pull the fishing line until the VG line comes through and you are there.
I have a hunch you drank those two beers first!
Dan in Baghdad
Re: Woodstock 2/8
Ya, I suppose I could have selected about half VG (which is what I fly with 99% of the time) and tied it off up inside the sail. And if I had had a nut and a length of fishing line, I could have gone fishing too! I just find disassembling the glider quite stressful. I like to be indoors where little parts are less likely to get lost and to be able to concentrate - I only drank about half a beer - with no rush to finish so I can fly before sunset. I'll have to set it up and work the VG before I really believe I didn't screw it up somehow.
Let me just say that the recent run of spring-like weather has brought hope back into my life. Each year I detest winter more... - Hugh
Let me just say that the recent run of spring-like weather has brought hope back into my life. Each year I detest winter more... - Hugh
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Danny Brotto
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Re: Woodstock 2/8
I wanted to report on the outstanding day in the sailplane on the Massanutten yesterday. Left Fairfield at about 7:00 am with glider in tow. Picked up drizzle at Thurmont that turned into a downpour at Fredrick. It rained until about Harper’s Ferry. Arrived at Front Royal Airport just after 9 am to a clearing sky, NW winds at about 10 with higher gusts.
Towed to NE of Signal Knob and flew down onto the Massanutten pretty much holding 4K MSL for the ride down to the end of the ridge. Came off the ridge to Harrisonburg and dorked around looking for an entry into the wave. The clouds beckoned with multiple entry points but it took a few attempts to finally connect between I-81 and the golf course at the base of the mountain a couple of miles NE of Massanutten Peak. Once connected, I saw 7K lift to 9K MSL and eventually to 10K MSL.
I started the jaunt to the north basically following I-81 but moving upwind when approaching a forming cloud. I held between 9.5K MSL and 10K MSL flying about 90 knots up to Strausburg and then penetrated to the upwind ridges upwind to take in the view. At altitude winds were about 52 knots. The wave was smooth and widespread. The only trick was to deviate to the upwind forming cu as they developed on course.
I flew the wave back down to Harrisionburg and about 18 miles beyond. The wave felt to be fading and I was staring at a wide swatch of blue. I decided to drop back to the ridge and fly it back north. In retrospect I should have pressed on into the blue but I can leave that for another day.
I encountered sink and very choppy rotor dropping from wave altitude. I could have climbed back into wave at the previously mentioned golf course but I had decided to fly the ridge back north and fell back onto ridge lift half way between Massanutten Peak and the 3rd gap.
The ride to the north was fun and I stopped to check out activity at the hang gliding launch. I could see cars in the landing field and cars at launch but no one set up. I understand that some HG pilots did finally set up and fly later in the day as the winds settled down.
The ridge was working well up to Signal Knob. I turned south again. The west component made the travel slow and the glare made visibility difficult.
I went to the first gap, turned north, climbed in a 4 knot thermal to 5K MSL a few miles short of Signal Knob, and headed to Front Royal Airport to land.
The flight is up on the OLC here:
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gl ... 1574929243
Thanks to the great hospitality to the Skyline Soaring gang. It was quite a day!
Danny Brotto
Towed to NE of Signal Knob and flew down onto the Massanutten pretty much holding 4K MSL for the ride down to the end of the ridge. Came off the ridge to Harrisonburg and dorked around looking for an entry into the wave. The clouds beckoned with multiple entry points but it took a few attempts to finally connect between I-81 and the golf course at the base of the mountain a couple of miles NE of Massanutten Peak. Once connected, I saw 7K lift to 9K MSL and eventually to 10K MSL.
I started the jaunt to the north basically following I-81 but moving upwind when approaching a forming cloud. I held between 9.5K MSL and 10K MSL flying about 90 knots up to Strausburg and then penetrated to the upwind ridges upwind to take in the view. At altitude winds were about 52 knots. The wave was smooth and widespread. The only trick was to deviate to the upwind forming cu as they developed on course.
I flew the wave back down to Harrisionburg and about 18 miles beyond. The wave felt to be fading and I was staring at a wide swatch of blue. I decided to drop back to the ridge and fly it back north. In retrospect I should have pressed on into the blue but I can leave that for another day.
I encountered sink and very choppy rotor dropping from wave altitude. I could have climbed back into wave at the previously mentioned golf course but I had decided to fly the ridge back north and fell back onto ridge lift half way between Massanutten Peak and the 3rd gap.
The ride to the north was fun and I stopped to check out activity at the hang gliding launch. I could see cars in the landing field and cars at launch but no one set up. I understand that some HG pilots did finally set up and fly later in the day as the winds settled down.
The ridge was working well up to Signal Knob. I turned south again. The west component made the travel slow and the glare made visibility difficult.
I went to the first gap, turned north, climbed in a 4 knot thermal to 5K MSL a few miles short of Signal Knob, and headed to Front Royal Airport to land.
The flight is up on the OLC here:
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gl ... 1574929243
Thanks to the great hospitality to the Skyline Soaring gang. It was quite a day!
Danny Brotto
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Danny Brotto
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Re: Woodstock 2/8
Mike Higgins, a fellow M-ASA pilot, logged a really great flight in the wave that day. Climbing into the wave at Harrisonburg, he flew the wave 35 miles to the SW. Mike then flew another about 70 miles in the wave over the valley to the NE and then back to the ridge. Essentially he flew over 100 miles in a straight line in the wave.
It was the most solid, XC-able wave day that I've seen in almost 20 years of flying sailplanes; I'm still jazzed about it.
His OLC flight here:
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gl ... 1484946943
Danny Brotto
It was the most solid, XC-able wave day that I've seen in almost 20 years of flying sailplanes; I'm still jazzed about it.
His OLC flight here:
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gl ... 1484946943
Danny Brotto
Re: Woodstock 2/8
Hey, we need more details about Gary, Tony, Randy, and Carlos' flights too!
Come on guys, we're desperate for vicarious airtime!
MarkC
Come on guys, we're desperate for vicarious airtime!
MarkC