Downwind turns demystified. - Page 2

gbw · 08-07-2007, 05:10 PM

"Note; im no expert at this sorta thing,"

I think you are a bit experterer than me!!

Thanks for that. All that typing your finger must be near wore out...

Graham

Brian · 08-07-2007, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by gbw

"Note; im no expert at this sorta thing,"

I think you are a bit experterer than me!!

Thanks for that. All that typing your finger must be near wore out...

Graham

Not a truer word said, the lad can fly and he's a lot smarter than the average.

Graham, the severity of these downers or microbursts, whatever you want to call them, vary greatly, however, Birdy has said it well.
As your experience grows, you will find you can 'feel' the gyro telling you that the conditions exist as you start the turn and if you're smart, you will heed the warning.

Mitch · 11-07-2007, 07:36 PM

Sorry to hear about ole Mate........ Birdy send him my best wishes.

Brian, Mate clean up that avitar, who are those blokes hugging

Mitch.

Brian · 11-07-2007, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Mitch

Brian, Mate clean up that avitar, who are those blokes hugging

Mitch.

Not sure brother :

not sure why it went blurry , got to give it another go.

Think it was someone I met up with at easter.

Gyrodes · 12-07-2007, 10:11 AM

Better leave it as is or Mitch might not like it. Des Garvin

hatrack · 14-07-2007, 06:12 PM

Birdy. Great speil. Down to earth, (sorry!), but informative. Great stuff for us low hour newbies. We dont know these rarer situations well because we just havent encountered them yet. I havent had any bad experiences yet but respect Mother Nature and am aware of what can happen from armchair piloting with Gyronews, ASRA website, and this forum. I practice DW turns in circuit, on downwind leg as engine outs, to taste the bitch. It's no use practicing emergency landings in perfect conditions only. Am always doing DW touch and go's too. Mate, you could have a regular post focusing on specific experiences to pass on to us newer guys. That way we might become better equipped without learning the hard way.
Cheers, Hatrack.

Brian · 15-07-2007, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by hatrack

Birdy. Great speil. Down to earth, (sorry!), but informative. Great stuff for us low hour newbies. We dont know these rarer situations well because we just havent encountered them yet. I havent had any bad experiences yet but respect Mother Nature and am aware of what can happen from armchair piloting with Gyronews, ASRA website, and this forum. I practice DW turns in circuit, on downwind leg as engine outs, to taste the bitch. It's no use practicing emergency landings in perfect conditions only. Am always doing DW touch and go's too. Mate, you could have a regular post focusing on specific experiences to pass on to us newer guys. That way we might become better equipped without learning the hard way.
Cheers, Hatrack.

It is very informative as gyros tend to be flown low and sometimes /usually, fairly aggressively leading to an opening there when turning downwind. You may fly for years before finding a real pearler that catches you unawares.

russ · 15-09-2007, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by birdy

He's wot sum people call gifted wen it came to flyn, coz he 'clicked' so early in his flyn time, with beautifuly smooth exicution of every manouver he did, and was careful and precise.

From readin this, it then followed you was hands on with this guy........ie training.

Ok........so you were'nt, at any stage. My mistake, my opologies.

[ back under me rock ]

Birdy2 · 15-09-2007, 11:42 AM

Apology accepted russ.

So, do you still want me to pass your critisisms of the method of instruction to the lads CFI?

Afterall, it was his instruction that failed him, init?

[oh, sorry, it would only apply if i was his instructer................ yeh rite, moron.]

SamL · 15-09-2007, 08:51 PM

Glad to see you 2 blocks are finally making up.
One final comment, as usual.
"There is nothing to fear from down wind turns, as its your machines airspeed that keeps you flying, not the horizontal wind direction. What can, and will catch you out is vertical wind direction.
But, again it has nothing to do with flying upwind, or down wind, and it makes no difference to the machine, as it dosn't know the difference.

Regards SamL....