I'm beginning to understand the addiction to thermal hunting and I'd like to place the blame where it belongs, squarely on the shoulders of my good friend Sheldon Smith.
I've always appreciated soaring, but was truly hooked after putting a 42 minute flight on my Ariane V6 a while ago. Folks, this is a 1.66 meter F5B plane that weighs 60oz all up. Of course, it climbs at over 100km/h, but it WILL NOT thermal in a fart. It took a boomer day, but now I'm doing less climbing and diving than climbing and soaring and I'm realizing more and more that boomers are not necessary to climb, but smooth circling and energy retention will allow me to thermal in moderate conditions. I'm starting in earnest today on a Genie Pro. Winston was kind enough to clue me in on the section changes he made for this wing as opposed to the Genie and Genie LT/S, and the foam cutter is primed and ready for action. Look out JB, I think I might just attend the NATS next year with Sheldon. Looking forward to comparing tunes collections on our iPods. Dan in Canada --- Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whooooo, he's got it bad,.... I've been there, and > it can take years > to get your feet back on the ground : ) > > Dave Morgan > > --------------------------------------------------------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "D Hauch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <soaring@airage.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 6:43 PM > Subject: [RCSE] soaring issues > > > > I was thinking today while setting up my winch in > the rain > > that i must have some serious issues. > > > > But I just went one day in a row without flying > and couldn't > > think of going two without. :-) > > > > So I went twice today to make up for the missed > day of soaring. > > > > Dave Hauch > > www.git-r-built.com > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane > News. Send "subscribe" > and "unsubscribe" requests to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that > subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in > text only format with > MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email > such as Hotmail and AOL > are generally NOT in text format > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane > News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that > subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in > text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent > from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are > generally NOT in text format > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
