Thanks for the more detailed perspective on the drift, Leo. I've been wondering how the new KD windows would affect the previously mostly docile air.
MB
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Leo Pilachowski" <leop@...> wrote:
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> I would like to add to Kang's comments about the Kibbie drift on Tuesday, the last day of the event. A few hours before F1D Kang's flight (Kang's was made after the end of the official event and award presentations), I attempted several LPP flights also on the west side. The upper drift (called the "jet stream") toward the windows had already started but was not yet as severe as when Kang flew. An LPP, placed up high but near the curtain was not at the ceiling long enough to drift all the way to the west windows. However, once near the west windows on descent, there was a moderate drift into the windows for the whole descent. Not being able to steer, I lost all the attempts to the west wires and girders. I was lucky to get the plane back each time. On previous days, Kang and Steve Brown each saved a plane for me when a flight got caught in an unexpected drift toward the west windows. On other days and usually in the late morning and early afternoon, the upper drift was away from the west windows. Early in the event, Jake lost an EZB to the center scoreboard shroud wires when the fast dirft caught him out and he was not able to steer in time.
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> My nightmare Kibbie senario is ten F1D's all flying at the end of the last day in similar conditions with all needing a steer and replacement towards the east every few minutes. Perhaps this would be good practice for future Belgrade events.
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> Leo
Received on Tue Jul 17 2012 - 08:37:24 CEST
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