It's "Hammer" Time
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It's "Hammer" Time
by Tony Deleo » Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:30 pm
The Eliminator to Highway 5, blazing speed, 2 hours 26 minutes. Max altitude 5700'
"Always fly cross country, that is where freedom and adventure are"
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Re: It's "Hammer" Time
by phoenix » Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:33 am
Just a few more facts and embellishments on "thrilling Thursday". Just the facts: Eliminator launch time 12:20pm. Max alt. 5944. Max climb 1400. Max airspeed 50 mph. Flight time 2hrs 26 min 22 secs.
Now for the embellishments: Wow what a day!!! It was the most dynamic and thrilling ride to Hwy. 5 I have ever experienced! Beautiful views, long glides, great climbs and a good landing spot. Thanks to the beautiful Phoenix for her wonderful support retrieving me. Hammer (dictated to Phoenix)
Now for the embellishments: Wow what a day!!! It was the most dynamic and thrilling ride to Hwy. 5 I have ever experienced! Beautiful views, long glides, great climbs and a good landing spot. Thanks to the beautiful Phoenix for her wonderful support retrieving me. Hammer (dictated to Phoenix)
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Re: It's "Hammer" Time
by dteal » Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:11 pm
Hammer,
How about a point by point description or a track log for Google Earth or something? What was your route? Did you fly thru Ojai & Filmore? Us Hammer-wannabe's need to know those details!!!! Don't make me sneak over there at night to install a covert real time GPS tracker in that Litespeed...
DT
How about a point by point description or a track log for Google Earth or something? What was your route? Did you fly thru Ojai & Filmore? Us Hammer-wannabe's need to know those details!!!! Don't make me sneak over there at night to install a covert real time GPS tracker in that Litespeed...
DT
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Re: It's "Hammer" Time
by NMERider » Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:53 pm
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Re: It's "Hammer" Time
by zippy » Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:12 pm
That's making great time!
Planning to fly tandem on my Falcon2; I few my cocoon harness (with my passenger attached), using only my Flytec Sonic vario. Keeping it low tech! I worked from peak to peak in the moderate winds and strong climbs. A couple times I was wondering if I had any decent LZs in glide, but there was enough lift to quell those worries. As I flew out toward Bates I could see PGs on the cliffs, but not where you'd normally expect to see them. The were flying near the oil pier. I had been trying to raise the other hangies that I knew were at Bates on the radio with no luck. I should have clued in sooner to how east the winds were down low. I dropped from the S-SW flow aloft into the SE down low and saw my glide drop off. I had dreams of flying onto the cliff and soaring with the PGs, but alas, I ended up landing 200yds short at the driving range. A fun flight. In hindsight, it may have been easier to stay high and fly through the pass. Hammer had raged off before I launched, and called after I landed to say that he's made his field by Magic Mt.
Planning to fly tandem on my Falcon2; I few my cocoon harness (with my passenger attached), using only my Flytec Sonic vario. Keeping it low tech! I worked from peak to peak in the moderate winds and strong climbs. A couple times I was wondering if I had any decent LZs in glide, but there was enough lift to quell those worries. As I flew out toward Bates I could see PGs on the cliffs, but not where you'd normally expect to see them. The were flying near the oil pier. I had been trying to raise the other hangies that I knew were at Bates on the radio with no luck. I should have clued in sooner to how east the winds were down low. I dropped from the S-SW flow aloft into the SE down low and saw my glide drop off. I had dreams of flying onto the cliff and soaring with the PGs, but alas, I ended up landing 200yds short at the driving range. A fun flight. In hindsight, it may have been easier to stay high and fly through the pass. Hammer had raged off before I launched, and called after I landed to say that he's made his field by Magic Mt.
"To obtain a bird's eye [view], is to turn a blizzard to a breeze" Incubus
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