Shadow Blasted ... Flying In Dirty Air From Land Effects
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:29 pm
... or wind that has passed over nearby land making it excessively erratic. Land induced turbulence or mechanical rotor can have major gusts, extended lulls making flying a full sized traction kite a lot of work to downright dangerous.
Try to use launches with no upwind land mass, trees, buildings, etc. to disturb the wind. If the wind is close to sideshore and is uneven as a result, be extra careful. If it is too uneven, move to a better launch or go some other day when the wind improves. How close is too close? Can be many miles in some cases, depends on the height and nature of the land mass upwind.
The pink stuff (rolling or rotoring wind), can mess kiters up, powered aircraft too in some cases. The velocity of the wind and direction can change too much for safe, stable flight. Try not to let wind shadow, "Shadow Blast" you.
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Try to use launches with no upwind land mass, trees, buildings, etc. to disturb the wind. If the wind is close to sideshore and is uneven as a result, be extra careful. If it is too uneven, move to a better launch or go some other day when the wind improves. How close is too close? Can be many miles in some cases, depends on the height and nature of the land mass upwind.
The pink stuff (rolling or rotoring wind), can mess kiters up, powered aircraft too in some cases. The velocity of the wind and direction can change too much for safe, stable flight. Try not to let wind shadow, "Shadow Blast" you.
From: http://www.paragliding.gr/
More discussion in the main forum at
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2354972