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Forum: Tech Log

12th Jul 2018, 05:24

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Windshear/Dynamic soaring

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Posted By Wizofoz

No, your interest is appreciated- If I found...

No, your interest is appreciated-

If I found the math worked, I'd try and get interest in testing the concept. I live in Australia, so my interest would be in sub-tropical for the moment!

The...

Forum: Tech Log

10th Jul 2018, 23:34

Replies: 17

Windshear/Dynamic soaring

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Posted By Wizofoz

Would not be necessary with what I'm proposing-...

Would not be necessary with what I'm proposing- you'd climb in the increasing head wind, turn and descend, turn again and repeat- it's over thousands of feet, not the couple of hundred with...

Forum: Tech Log

22nd Jun 2018, 05:47

Replies: 17

Windshear/Dynamic soaring

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Posted By Wizofoz

Thanks POF, yes we are now on the same page. ...

Thanks POF, yes we are now on the same page.

Most modem gliders have oxygen- it would just mean an extra or bigger pottles.

Yes, getting there is a problem, but I think there would be turbine...

Forum: Tech Log

22nd Jun 2018, 02:46

Replies: 17

Windshear/Dynamic soaring

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Posted By Wizofoz

You don't understand dynamic soaring. Albatrosses...

You don't understand dynamic soaring. Albatrosses cross oceans using it, and modelers have achieved speeds, with gliders, of 500MPH plus.

Yes, the climb in an increasing headwind is finite- though...

Forum: Tech Log

21st Jun 2018, 13:39

Replies: 17

Windshear/Dynamic soaring

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Posted By Wizofoz

No, sorry- I'm not talking about rising air, I'm...

No, sorry- I'm not talking about rising air, I'm talking about wind-shear- change of wind velocity with altitude. An increasing head-wind is positive wind-shear and if sufficient can allow a glider...

Forum: Tech Log

21st Jun 2018, 01:39

Replies: 17

Windshear/Dynamic soaring

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Posted By Wizofoz

Windshear/Dynamic soaring

I've had an idea for a while, but lack the math/aerodynamics to verify it's practicality.

I've wondered if the vertical wind-shear in the boundaries of jet-streams could be utilized to dynamically...

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