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Nico
@nicom
Today, we fly!
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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
I still can’t wrap my head around making engine failure a feature instead of a bug
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Nico
@nicom
I feel safe not having to worry with an engine. Less failure, less noise (no need for headset), no gas smell, no fire risk, ... Just freedom and natural solar energy (thermal lifts we use are due to sun heating the ground and the ground heating the air making it raise as it's lighter than cold air, and we use this to climb, like an elevator).
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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
I would definitely feel safer with an electric engine over a piston one — no more lubrication, pressure, temperature, fuel issues etc. But I feel vulnerable having no engine at all. What if you can’t catch an ascending current and you keep descending? You can only trade speed for altitude for so long. Are you then prepared to land just about anywhere? Is it a common occurrence that you don’t land on the same strip you took off from? Do you stay in close vicinity of your aerodrome just to be safe? Do you ever put milk in your tea? I have so many questions
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Nico
@nicom
So many good questions! Most importantly, I only drink Darjeeling tea, loose leaves, 85°C filtered water, infused for about 4 minutes, no sugar, no milk.
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Nico
@nicom
Now the plane ones. Yes we are very well trained to land outside of our airfield. Best of course is another airfield where we could be retrieved by our tow plane. Then the plane comes, pick us, and we travel as a convoy back to be close enough to finish with a glide and land. We try to not land while attached to the tow plane as it's more dangerous. During the travel we leave gear down to generate draft to prevent the sailplane to go faster than the tow plane, that would release the cable and we would have to find a lift again... So we always try to fly local to another airfield and we jump from one local cone to another. We calculate the cone based on sailplanes gliding ratio and height. So for instance with a C101, I fly with a ratio of 20, meaning that when I lose 1000m of height, it allows me to glide 20km horizontaly. For 2000m, it's 40km, etc. If forms a cone around the airfield, with the tip at ground level on the center of the airfield and it expands with altitude. We have to stay in these limits.
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Thomas
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Ok at least I’m with you on the tea part
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