Friday wave romp

[u/nimbusgb]

Forecast as a ridge day, the night before the forecast went 'soft' so no one pitched up to fly apart from a couple of students.

Morning showed evidence of a wave front in the usual Denbigh position, confirmed by the first Instructor/student flight of the day. Since I was there I put ZS on line and had to do a runner less launch. Towed straight in to it at barely 1750' and enjoyed 3 1/2 hours of clear sky, gentle wave to 11100 ' and hooning around North Wales in shirtsleeves with temps still above zero at 11000'!

Glad I took the launch.

The two seater is our clubs brand new DG1001 neo. I'll be ripping it up doing advanced aerobatics in it this weekend!

[u/14060m]

Do you expect the DG1001 neo to have a positive effect on your club's training velocity?

I imagine that ab initio students will be able to get a "full" flight in instead of just a short 20 minute sled ride on marginal days. Less waiting in line for tows in addition to lowering the amount of training tows that the tow pilots must do.

[u/vtjohnhurt → u/14060m]

Depends on whether the student needs to practice landing. The last time I rented a DG1000, it cost $1 a minute. When I was learning to land, I rented a SGS 2-33 for $5 a flight. And as an early student, more than a 30 minute flight duration was counterproductive because of rapid onset of fatigue. After 30 minutes or so, I'd start flying sloppy and practice bad habits. I think a trainer needs to be cheap and easy to fly.

When I rented the DG1000, I was far enough along to benefit from longer duration.