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Mountains tips for flexwing pilots
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Tell us your tips! I fly in the mountains all the time but looking for anything i don’t know. You never know what you don’t know. Actually i should say I fly near the mountains, i have never flown into one. 🙂
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Never fly up a canyon or ravine, fly over the spine or windward side of the peaks and ridges. Know the K factor for the day and peak times always check flow for winds aloft. Ditto for DA and dew point but the big one is approaching from the down wind side, be well above the peak at a distance of 3 times the height of the peak. These are some rule of thumbs, I use and remember and most of the time they leave me with an option to glide out to a safe landing.
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I have flown into a mountain before, It was hiding in a big puffy cloud.
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