Colorado Pilot

[pdl-zombie]

Newbie pilot from Greeley, Colorado

 

[Phantomrain.org]

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[MA2 317]

Hello from the Hoosier Heartland pdl-zombie.

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[Deleted member 133794]

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[Yogi053]

Welcome! I won't bother with the Horace jokes. Stay safe!

 

[Mavikhan]

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[anotherlab]

Welcome aboard pdl-zombie and greetings from Albany, NY!?

 

[Thomas B]

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[Drone Master]

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[wjkrysak]

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[RkyMtnHigh]

Newbie pilot from Greeley, Colorado

Welcome to the forum from a fellow Colorado pilot. I'm up here in Estes Park, and as you may or may not know, I'm pretty much grounded this time of year until Spring time due to the constant winds and sometimes snow. Happy and safe flying down there!

 

[eaglesurfing]

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[Steel63]

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[dirkclod]

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[Jay241]

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[old man mavic]

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[Prismatic]

Welcome to the forum from a fellow Colorado pilot. I'm up here in Estes Park, and as you may or may not know, I'm pretty much grounded this time of year until Spring time due to the constant winds and sometimes snow. Happy and safe flying down there!

Fort Collins pilot here, flying an original Air.

North, south, mid-way, I've spent my life somewhere along the eastern slopes of the Rockies. I always make a point to enjoy the annual Rocky Mountain Festival of the Winds ; it's held every year from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. Sometimes it guest-stars tornado, but the highlight is generally the Category-2 gusts that can peel the aluminum skin right off a trailer.

My plan--call me crazy--is to position myself on the upwind side of a big (square-mile or more) ripening wheat field on one of those "50 gusting to 70" days, with a partner ("catcher") on the downwind side. I'll launch and let the wind carry my bird away toward the catcher, with no possibility of RTH. I should get some terrific video of "wheat-waves" along the way. The plan would be to land her on the lee-side of a tree near my catcher. The locale for this is in MT, so it'll be a while before I get a chance to scare myself silly actually doing it!

 

[mrjohnc1]

Welcome!

 

[Kendallfordguy]

Welcome from Wisconsin!

 

[RkyMtnHigh]

Fort Collins pilot here, flying an original Air.

North, south, mid-way, I've spent my life somewhere along the eastern slopes of the Rockies. I always make a point to enjoy the annual Rocky Mountain Festival of the Winds ; it's held every year from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. Sometimes it guest-stars tornado, but the highlight is generally the Category-2 gusts that can peel the aluminum skin right off a trailer.

My plan--call me crazy--is to position myself on the upwind side of a big (square-mile or more) ripening wheat field on one of those "50 gusting to 70" days, with a partner ("catcher") on the downwind side. I'll launch and let the wind carry my bird away toward the catcher, with no possibility of RTH. I should get some terrific video of "wheat-waves" along the way. The plan would be to land her on the lee-side of a tree near my catcher. The locale for this is in MT, so it'll be a while before I get a chance to scare myself silly actually doing it!

I definitely know what you mean about the winds. The winds here at the house are a constant 30-35mph with gusts in the mid 40's, sometimes low 50's. We don't even bat an eye until the wind alarm goes off at 60mph. 70+mph gusts is pretty common. Our house has a direct line-of-sight of the Continental Divide so there's nothing to slow that wind down as it blows from the high country. Gotta love winter in the mountains. I'm pretty much grounded until about April or May when the winds settle down a bit.