The Pulpit, Thursday 2/4

[Ward Odenwald]

Looks like it might be one of the better days this week. Anyone interested?

Ward

[DanTuck]

Alright, Ward.
My mother warned me about people like you.
Anyone else interested? It looks good and it'll be a winter wonderland out there.
C'mon, you know work is going to be slow tomorrow. Let's fly!

[Ward Odenwald]

Tomorrow’s going to bring great flying conditions to the Pulpit. For February, you couldn’t ask for better - well maybe you could but good luck with that. Plus, it could be your lucky day to star in a DanTuck video! Just imagine how cool it would be to have your flying buddies watch you zoom up and down the ridge while listening to the latest tecno-gaga tune. Who knows, maybe Dan will even let you select the music.

Ward

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[DanTuck]

Today was nice at the Pulpit. Ward and I both got there about 10:30 and decided to fly one at a time so we'd each have a wireman on launch. I got set to fly first and launched around 12:00 into a NNW cross from the new pad. Ridge lift was minimal and I maintained down towards Rt. 16 where I got up. I found a few disorganized thermals and got about 800' over, cruised around awhile and then started to sink out. When I got down to a couple hundred over I basically got drilled and headed out to land for a 25 minute flight. Ward came and got me and we headed up so he could get off. Conditions were very nice when we got back up, pretty much NW, a lot of straight in cycles at 8-12mph. Ward had a real nice launch and found lift quickly. He soared long enough for me to take a bunch of pictures and then get down to the LZ to film his landing! Can't ask for much more in February. Video to come.....

[DanTuck]

[Ward Odenwald]

The still shots from Thursday’s flight were taken with Nikon S620 point and shoot cameras mounted on the ends of the U2’s outer sprogs. I haven’t noticed any issues in the glider’s control behavior while flying with both cameras. The home made/jerry-rigged mounts (hose clamp, pipe hanger tape and quarter inch bolt with lock washers and bolts) and camera weigh 5.5 oz each. The cameras are set to take a photo every 30 sec, which translates to a lot of time sifting through the images to identify a few good ones, but when in the air there are no distractions.

[Ward Odenwald]

here's some more

[Ward Odenwald]

Finally, two more.

[markc]

kicking pics/vids/tunes guys, thanks for sharing that day with us!

MarkC

[Dan T]

Those pic/vids are great! What a nice treat on a snowy day.


the photographically challenged
Dan T

[Batman]

Awesome video Dan, I can't wait to get back into flying this Spring. The Batwing hasn't seen airtime in a while, its due...