are the sand dunes creating upwards moving air that make it harder to land? I guess the area on the other side of the dunes is dangerous because the air there is turbulent?
Haha. Yeah it was super scary flying by that pilot. He nearly hit the cliff at very high speed. Been more than broken downtubes and sand in his teeth if he had.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. That ended well. Next time, there may be no one around to post. Leave some margin or get some skill. Ideally both.
It turned out better than I feared. Thanks for sharing!
Good job, Dave. I see some improvements.
Hahahaha.
Haha!!!
pilot induced oscillations. got to trade airspeed for altitude and figure out how to land
only one way to learn!
Glad it finished at low speed on the beach.
There is clearly too much wind here dude... be safe and responsible!
are the sand dunes creating upwards moving air that make it harder to land? I guess the area on the other side of the dunes is dangerous because the air there is turbulent?
There is lift off the dunes. Need to get away from the big dunes or dive through the lift and land on beach. This pilot was making many errors
i bet that was a TERROR of a ride and a landing... looked ok from here but you know how video is vs reality. glad your ok.
Actually wasn’t me. Looked really bad on the video even to me.
Downwind landing? Scary? Yes. Crash? Meh. It was better than most of my zero-wind landings that usually ended with me upside down, spitting out sand.
Haha. Yeah it was super scary flying by that pilot. He nearly hit the cliff at very high speed. Been more than broken downtubes and sand in his teeth if he had.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. That ended well. Next time, there may be no one around to post. Leave some margin or get some skill. Ideally both.