GrantR
07-14-2010, 06:33 PM
Another google earth track for today’s flight. I covered 20 miles and averaged 54 MPH. The video once again turned out too bad to post. I did some low level flying in a field down to 1 to 200 feet at one point. I made a quick turn from 600 feet downwind. I didn’t really consider the wind strength at height to be that much but it was enough to cause me to drop down to about 200 feet. As soon as I made the turn I was going down so I kept my airspeed up and the gyro caught up with the air Then I turned back into the wind with excess speed and traded it for altitude! What great fun.
Now that I am getting used to flying the gyro a steep turn doesn’t seem that steep. The fixed wing guy told me my 60o bank turns looked good! LOL I don’t think they were 60. The ones over the field were modernly steep.
With a gradual turn downwind the gyro does not sink. When it is windy I make very shallow turns downwind when I am low.
The trip was fun! As you ca see I flew around the airport and the fields near the airport and then ventured out to the Local R/c Hobby shop. It has a grass strip and used to be home to a piper cub until it was crashed a few years ago.
You have to save the file to the computer then open it in google earth.
Now that I am getting used to flying the gyro a steep turn doesn’t seem that steep. The fixed wing guy told me my 60o bank turns looked good! LOL I don’t think they were 60. The ones over the field were modernly steep.
With a gradual turn downwind the gyro does not sink. When it is windy I make very shallow turns downwind when I am low.
The trip was fun! As you ca see I flew around the airport and the fields near the airport and then ventured out to the Local R/c Hobby shop. It has a grass strip and used to be home to a piper cub until it was crashed a few years ago.
You have to save the file to the computer then open it in google earth.