SCPA & SBSA Discussion Board

Since the discussion topic included THEORY, I'm asking:

If you had to give 1 piece of advice towards thermal mastery (assuming someone caught the thermal and has a general idea of it's direction/wind) what would you say?

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If you lose a thermal always search upwind first. Because of our sink rate a thermal will always climb faster. Because of that we tend to sink out the back end of them if we don't make adjustments while circling.

gracecab wrote:...assuming someone caught the thermal and has a general idea of it's direction/wind) what would you say?

I would say that's the person you want to follow.

Been reading "Thermal Flying" by B.Maarten and it's been super helpful.

Also invested in a much more accurate Vario (2001 Brauniger Competino) and it is profoundly more helpful in sensing vertical movement in flight for thermal mapping.

oj wrote:

gracecab wrote:...assuming someone caught the thermal and has a general idea of it's direction/wind) what would you say?

I would say that's the person you want to follow.

OJ - I keep looking for you to follow but you're not there... you gotta show me how it's dun!