As the same techniques apply to contest flying, this material is also helpful for those intending to join the world of competitive soaring. He has set over 50 minnesota state soaring records, flown in both regional and national ssa sanctioned soaring competitions, holds the ssa diamond badge and earned a trip to the prestigious hilton ranch in the year 2000. Crosscountry soaring the modern sailplane is designed to enable a properlytrained pilot to explore the world well beyond gliding range of the gliderport, and the great basin offers some of the finest soaring conditions in the world. We invite your article, video or a few words we can post that would help everyone. Here is a very nice piece dan monskey did about us for wccos life to the max adventure show. It is fun to watch chris learn to fly and dive into crosscountry flight and badge flying while being. Crosscountry soaring streckensegelflug, 7th edition helmut reichman on. Crosscountry soaring by helmut reichmann, 1978, thomson publications edition, in english. Santa maria soaring societys cross country in 84, 85,86, 87, and 88.
Thermal soaring flight of birds and unmanned aerial vehicles. On this online country music station, you will hear the best god, family, and country themed hits of current, mainstream. The original rules specified that the trophy would be awarded for the longest distance soaring flight from any type of launching method other than airplane tow. In the february 20 issue, aric wilmunder gets us up close and personal with extreme soaring and his team, the dust devils. Come on down to cross country, where country meets the cross. A handbook for performance and competition soaring by reichmann, helmut and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. If you are looking at this instructable, i can only assume you are curious about the sport known as cross country.
Promote crosscountry flying propose the flsc crosscountry program safety and. The people who participate in cross country running are called harriers. Crosscountry soaring is an exciting and challenging activity. Here are a few short soaring videos you should enjoy. The word soaring is also used for the sport gliding as a sport began in the 1920s. From april fools day to halloween we spend seven days a week teaching soaring and giving rides over southern mn.
Twenty years ago, joe wurts set the crosscountry rcsoaring record, which still stands today. Oaks soaring societies western great race in 83, 84,85,86,87, and 88. Introduction to cross country soaring kai gertsen 4 utilizing cloud streets 90 degrees offcourse once in a while a cloud street as much as 90 degrees to the intended track can be helpful. If you have microsoft flight simulator and would like to get a taste of realistic glider soaring, then click on the download link above, and give crosscountry soaring 98 a try. This book provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of cross country soaring, including inflight strategy and decision making, weather analysis, sailplane performance calculations, basic flying skills, etc. The installation download includes a demo version of pocketstrepla. This is intended to postprocess slopefiles from eric cardens crosscountrysoaring program ccs2004 in version 4.
Cross country canada is an excellent game for kids aged 49 designed to teach them about the geography of canada. Ccs2004 adds a whole new frontier to your flying pleasure. Time to play a geography, managerial, math logic and science video game title. Don has spent over 6000 hours airborne in gliders over the past 22 years and has covered many thousands of cross country miles. The daily schedule how to schedule a ride brief tutorial the calendar fast link books and materials. Forget everything youve seen and heard about rc soaring this team sport is the antithesis of sitting in a lawn chair catching thermals.
And you get to see miles of new terrain and very challenging situations. I especially like the sections on how and where thermals form, competition tactics, and speedtofly theory. Ppt crosscountry soaring powerpoint presentation, free download. Mouseasyoke 2004 opencockpits pro mfd project fokker project magenta scombo sea gull simulation simkits. The tg15b is commonly known as the white glider or the 2b in the civilian community. He wrote a report about it way back then, it is still relevant today, and we are happy to post it in the hopes of inspiring. Barringer memorial trophy was established by the will of lewin barringer in 1948. The game was released as part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the wright brothers and you can even fly that plane in this game. Crosscountry soaring streckensegelflug, 7th edition. Cross country courses are exposed out on an or forest range. Crosscountry soaring 98 was created for the sole purpose of creating the most realistic thermal soaring simulation available for microsoft flight simulator.
Now, for those of you who do not know, cross country is a long distance running sport. Cross country running and everything you need to know. For those who do not know what a slope file is used for, go to the soar website to find out what great new heights ccs2004 crosscountry soaring 2004 can give you in microsoft flight simulator 2004. The installation download includes a demo version of pocket strepla. Cross country soaring where its about friends helping friends. Pdf thermal soaring saves much energy, but flying large distances in this form represents a. It requires the pilot to put together many concepts such as the basic piloting of the glider, navigation, knowledge of the weather, the ability to predict the location of and find thermals, the ability to maximize the climb rate in thermals, knowledge of the terrain and crops, and knowledge of the performance.
This is merely an effort to compile most of the practical aspects of crosscountry soaring in one handy booklet for the aspiring crosscountry pilot. A site dedicated to soaring both real world and virtual. The contest director before the start of the event decides the type of the course. In cross country you get to use all the skills you ever learned in flat field soaring plus slope soaring. Crosscountry soaring hardcover january 1, 1978 by helmut reichmann author 4. Glider crosscountry soaring competitions are flown at the regional and national level in the tg15b. F3h is a cross country racing for rc gliders that is the single task is to fly a course from point a to point b or c etc. Take a look for the program crosscountry soaring 2004 v4 ccs2004setup. Courses consist of at least one circles, with a long directly toward the begin and another prompting to the finish line. Cloudstreet is also available for purchase as a digital download on itunes.
The link below may be used to download and print the book. We welcome you to cross country soaring where several of us have joined together to share what we know and learn from each other. Cross country soaring by reichmann helmut abebooks. From there you should have enough altitude when the thermal tops out to cross the mountain range south of pangborn meml and land at bowers keln. Twenty years ago, joe wurts set the cross country rc soaring record, which still stands today. This is a technical manual on soaring, but it should be read in a serious manner by every soaring pilot. Ccs2004 scans by automation of the microsoft flight simulator 2004 the orographic conditions of the landscape, saves it to a database and uses this information later on to produce realistic ridge lift conditions. Its very hard to explain, you must do it to really understand just how special it is as an experience. If you experience problems with the software listed below, please contact the respective authorscompanies. Surely, mans ageold dream of flying has found its purest and most beautiful expression in soaring. Crosscountry soaring 2004, for microsoft flight simulator 2004.
Suppose you are about to cross a sizable hole on a day with a strong cross wind. He wrote a report about it way back then, it is still relevant today, and we are happy to post it in the hopes of inspiring others to make their own record attempts. Thanks for your interest in downloading these files. Cross country soaring online scheduling tutorial youtube. I am still undefeated in xc, almost ten years after this article has been written. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Officially the trophy is known as the caesar creek soaring club cross country challenge and has been in existence since the first flight which was made by larry kirkbride on the 7th of july 1984. Initially the objective was to increase the duration of flights but soon pilots attempted. The trophy would become the permanent property of any pilot who won it three times in succession. This is intended to postprocess slopefiles from eric cardens cross country soaring program ccs2004 in version 4. Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. Cross country soaring competition pilots w idely apply this strategy. Cross country is a popular running sport that requires an individual or team to run across openair courses that include grass and dirt and other natural terrains.
The tg15b schempphirth discus2b is a conventional singleplace high performance sailplane used by 94 fts advanced soaring for crosscountry training. Pdf thermal soaring flight of birds and unmanned aerial vehicles. The more experienced pilots should be helping the less experienced, just as we were helped or wish we were helped, in own early days of cross country xc flying. Winch launching and flying a large scale model radio control glider equipped with an audio variometer sensitive rate of climb instrument, that transmits tones to. Century of flight is the fact that the game does not let you just pilot modern aircraft. Software for crosscountry soaring flight planning, execution, and analysis. The big gimmick if you can call it that of microsoft flight simulator 2004. Promote cross country flying propose the flsc crosscountry program safety and. If there is a good, solid looking street going upwind at the edge of the. A forum for all things related to cross country soaring large sailplanes designed for cross country, electronics such as variometers and gps devices, strategytactics used in cross country soaring events, locations that can support cross country flying, and anything else related to the flying of large sailplanes across long distances. This book explains the complicated speedtofly theories and backs them with many equations that can be used to model crosscountry soaring flight. The average course of a crosscountry race ranges from 4 kilometers to 12 kilometers. As the same techniques apply to contest flying, this material is also helpful for. Wx reading rasp the newer pilots need to learn how to read the rasp weather maps and learn to plan how to fly from one turn point to another.
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