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Achieving max lift in sim. thermals
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Thu Mar 11, 2004 5:31 pmby E3APilot
To all the sailplane pilots out there, does anyone have suggestions on the best technique to apply when flying a sim. thermal. I have a standard system for the real thing which works well for me but which is not so good in the sim.
Regards,
Pilot
Re: Achieving max lift in sim. thermals
Posted:
Thu Mar 11, 2004 5:37 pmby OTTOL
Not very well reproduced IMO. On 98' you had to set the winds aloft to a high number and fly into the wind to climb. Otherwise, maybe try and download realtime Wx.
Re: Achieving max lift in sim. thermals
Posted:
Sat Apr 17, 2004 5:59 pmby modoc
Find thermals in good places that are known around the world... Then what you want to do... Is do a counter or clockwise turn at about 1,000 FPM making large circles in the air... Like a screw.