Conrado, the Brazilian ER doc won the day in style, averaging a little over 100 knots in a ASG-29. The wind was strong enough for the ridges to work somewhat, along with 7-10 knot thermals to 15,000ft. Yesterday we had a blast in Nephi, with 34 of us racing in spectacular conditions. Be sure to download them in advance of the races! Next week, we will add Arc Alpin 2, Southern Norway 4, Cascade Range to our suite of MNS/USNS sceneries. Find “US Nightly Soaring” at 9pm Eastern (0100 UTC) here or here.Register (for free) here to receive briefings one hour before the race and to submit your log for scoring.(Note, please go to Settings and set up “Push-to-talk” for your mic.) Teamspeak: channel: :9982 | password: ask13 | Channel- MNS/USNS.Stay on the upwind side of the lenticular clouds… the NW side is where the lift is building.įor a more extensive briefing on wave theory, see here and Clemens’ resources. Plan to climb to 10-12,000ft so you’re comfortably established in the lift.Īt that point, head along courseline. When you connect with the lift, stay with it for a while. And see when I connected with the lift how I am doing laps? You will beat back and forth in the lift don’t drift downwind because it will get weaker! Look at the PDA… see the thermal trace on the right side. Remember wave lift is stationary, like a ridge. Wait until the variometer goes up to 2 knots.
Turn into the wind and slow down to best glide speed. If Condor momentarily says, “D.Sazhin entered cloud”, that’s a good thing for the transition! And I mean *right* up to cloudbase, into the wispies.
If you’re a beginner, you may find it easier to dump the water to have a smaller circle and a faster climb rate.Ĭlimb right up to cloudbase. You will have to work hard to climb in these buggers. It’s no fun being in the boundary layer on a wave day. They are strong, violent and disorgnized. Find a thermal and climb up to cloudbase. Since many folks do not have wave experience, I figured it would be best to make a briefing so folks have a reasonable chance of connecting in it.Īfter you enter the game, head NW into the start sector. While neither Nick or I flew the task, I tested the conditions briefly in the start area and found there is indeed wave. It sets up rotor-lines and lenticular clouds, both which will apply tonight.įor folks who haven’t flown wave, this will be a really cool experience! Note that wave soaring is very different from thermal flying the lift remains stationary and goes HIGH! The big challenge is connecting with the wave and getting in that gorgeous silky smooth air. Tonight, we fly in wave! Nick Oakley (OWN), a young New Zealand pilot set up a wave task in New Zealand 0.8 really exciting!Ĭondor 2 does a pretty good job modeling wave.
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