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5 comments:
Wahoo indeed. Great video, very instructive.
Is that your lucky teddy bear on top of the instrument panel?
That's a reindeer. As you know, Christmas is coming and reindeer need to know how to fly. Lisabeth was concerned that this one might not know how to fly yet, so asked me to take him up for flying lessons.
Mission accomplished :-).
-T8
On the transition to wave... this particular day is a "long wavelength day". This happens when wind speed is high at mountain top and stability is low (smaller restoring force => lower frequency). So the primary sits waaaay back right over the wildcat ski area. With a slightly longer wavelength, I've seen (once) continuous wave down below the crest of the Carters, about a half mile in front of the ridgeline. That's probably pretty rare.
Be careful ridge soaring here in high wind. Rotor like sink will occur from time to time and will completely overpower the ridge lift. You see a mild case of this in the video starting at about 3:15. Stay away from the flatter parts of the ridge line, keep plenty of terrain clearance and have an escape plan *always*.
-T8
Nice job. GoPros are awesome eh?
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