Looks like great fun, a 170 in its natural environment.
There’s some good looking country west of Longview and east of Madras that looks like it would be fun for this.
170 Went Off a Cliff in WA
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Re: 170 Went Off a Cliff in WA
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Re: 170 Went Off a Cliff in WA
looks like fun, what was the transition like with winds going off the edge? Guessing there could be a bit of upslope to help you on the way down?
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Re: 170 Went Off a Cliff in WA
This is all about making it look dramatic, but in reality, the airplane was ready to fly before the edge. At the edge I pickup up a 15kt updraft that would have caused me to climb quite a bit, if I didn't push over.alaskan9974 wrote:looks like fun, what was the transition like with winds going off the edge? Guessing there could be a bit of upslope to help you on the way down?
I have some "better" site lined up where I will be able to get a nice straight, smooth approach to a shear drop, that I will depart from at lower and lower airspeed to see what is really safely, capable.