- Mon Jun 12, 2017 3:17 pm
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What is the smallest hill you have caught thermals from? What was your technique? Want to hear them all.
rvr600 wrote:What is the smallest hill you have caught thermals from? What was your technique? Want to hear them all.500'
Wonder Boy wrote:Circles, lots of circlesAs tight as I could.
flybop wrote:My home site, the Hog Back, is only 300 feet on the north side. We soar it all the time. Personally I like 15 to 20 to provide enough ridge lift so you can work the ridge enough to eventually find a thermal. Launch is 5150 feet msl. Mt personal highest is just over 11,000 msl. There have been much higher flights and many long xc's from the Hog. I have many flights when I was scratching below launch for well over 10 minutes before I eventually made it. There have been many times that I have sunk out as well.My lowest T catching as well - on the S side back in 1979-80. Quite an adventure on that flight - smooth/strong lift to cloudbase (actually cloud suck!). First time I wanted down in a hang flight! The ride up was fun - getting away from the cloud - not-so-much fun!
The south side launch is less than 200 feet agl and I have soared that as well. I have also sank out more times than not though.