- Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:27 pm
#401050
Cloudbase Mayhem w/ Gavin McClurg:
http://www.cloudbasemayhem.com/episode- ... the-magic/
Show Notes:
http://www.cloudbasemayhem.com/episode- ... the-magic/
Show Notes:
- Dustin discusses a few scary but super memorable flights flying in gust fronts and tornados
- How to increase performance/ reducing drag
- The origins of the Cloudbase Foundation
- RC flying and the crossover to flying hang gliders, paragliders and sailplanes
- A brief history of hang gliding and some of the technical aspects of the craft
- Finding the magic
- Comp flying, sponsorship, passion
- The world record in Texas (check out this AWESOME article in the NY Times) and chasing world records and the incredible end of the day eeking it out over Jonny
- Stepping back for safety and perspective and coming back from some discouraging comps
- Moving from Moyes gliders to the Wills Wing Team
- What’s happened to hang gliding in the last decade and the loss of the community
- What PG pilots can learn from Hang gliders
- Finding good lines, avoiding sink, working light lift, using cloud streets, flatland techniques, etc.
- Speed to fly, macready, bar…how fast should we fly? The importance of staying with the lead group and the dangers of trying to outsmart the guys early in a race
- Checking the ego
- Overcoming lulls in the love of flight and the importance of flying the good days- and skipping the bad
- What would you change if you could?