Local Meetings

It was an interesting, and tricky day,on the last weekends rrc flying activities. A slow start in the windy conditions at caburn which soon improved after some practice at para-waiting and testing our nerves at groundhandling ,to give us all a fly in the fickle conditions,then the wind came through again after an hour or so,but it never ended there ,some followed me to newhaven ,and on arrival it was like the m25 ,good call to go to caburn first,as just taking off at newhaven cliffs is very tricky for newbies,let alone the hordes flying that day,but as the numbers in the sky got less as the wind was dropping ,the red ribs launched ,and got that site ticked off ,the to do list,even little Richard was over the moon about flying it after a year of trying.
To sum up ,we had a less eventful time ,compared to what happened to some peeps at newhaven earlier that day.
This weekend might see some of you flying a new site,read the sites guide for our NW facing site,because as usual i will quiz you at the site at briefing time.
I will post again Friday night as i think only one day this weekend at our sites might be flyable,but weather forecast this early can still change.
And thanks guys and girls for all the good slope landings i Observed last week at caburn,yep i was watching you all from above,apart from the sea mist that got the better of me once. :)
later all..

We finally had some flying at mt caburn on sunday,it turned out slightly less windy then forecast,and from 8.30am till 3pm it was flyable and for which 6 new CP'ers new to this hill , got their proper first flight after getting their flying ticket for a new view at the world.
Good to see them using the lower west slopes for that invaluable ground handling,and all finished the day with no mishaps,just what myself and the club likes. :)
So on too next weekend,it don't look good boys and girls.I will post the update on fri night ,as too if it goes ahead,i would from looking at the forecast have a back up plan,heres a good one ,there are i believe 3 places left on the zip wire ,throw and pack your reserve ,its a club event and one i have done and was more then a serious learning curve ,it was great fun ,get booked in.
laters all
phil

7:30 till 8 will be the usual induction for new members.

Then to kick off the season and get you excited about some XC adventures of your own Mark Watts will be speaking.

So note the date and time in your diary and arrive early to get a seat.

OK you budding Pilots. The third part of the exam syllabus will be covered at the end of January.
See the list of topics at the end of this post to see what will be covered.

Please note the following from the Pilot Exam notes:
"For that reason candidates should have completed all of the PILOT
flying tasks before attempting the PILOT examination. They MUST have completed all the PILOT flying
tasks before the invigilator returns the exam and the Pilot Rating Application to the BHPA Office."

So before I do the final request for exams in January bring your pilot log books along so I can check you are done or go over what you need to do to get done.

If you have not completed all the tasks yet still come to the lectures. Then as you do finish the tasks during the year the exams can be arranged for you.

Flight theory and instruments
You should:
• be able to explain in detail how a wing creates lift, including the relevance of venturi tubes and Bernoulli's
theorem
• be able to define and use terms such as chord line, angle of attack, aspect ratio, centre of pressure,
washout
• be able to describe the aerodynamics of the stall
• be able to simply describe factors affecting stability in pitch, roll and yaw
• understand the relationship between glide ratio and l/d ratio
• understand the effect of ballast
• be able to name the forces on a glider in steady flight and explain their relationship
• be able to name the various types of drag and explain their causes
• be able to describe the relationship between the induced, parasitic and total drag and airspeed using
drag curves
• understand and be able to use a polar curve
• understand the basic working principles of altimeters and variometers
• understand terms such as total energy and airmass in connection with variometers