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by Vrezh
Thu May 09, 2013 8:56 pm
Forum: Flight Discussion
Topic: Grey Thursday
Replies: 0
Views: 2755

Grey Thursday

High clouds filled the sky, and the sea breeze made it's way quicker than usual. The west was getting some sunlight, so I got to 5K there. But Kagel and east of it was not working. Joe made some more changes to the ramp, it is more rounded now. I launched into a strong cycle, and had no ground contr...
by Vrezh
Sun Apr 28, 2013 10:12 am
Forum: Weather
Topic: Saturday, April 27
Replies: 2
Views: 7579

:evil: NOT! :evil: Meanwhile (from Crestline forum)... Saturday delivered!!! 13,100 Submitted by KevinW on Sat, 04/27/2013 - 21:32 Forums: Pilot Reports Launched Marshall at 2:15…couldn’t get much above 5k on the front ridge so went to the back ridge. Arrived there below ridge height and was abl...
by Vrezh
Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:08 am
Forum: Weather
Topic: Saturday, April 27
Replies: 2
Views: 7579

Saturday, April 27

Saturday's brewing good...


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by Vrezh
Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ramp Feedback wanted
Replies: 11
Views: 4302

The rubber mat, got pulled up by the tractor on the 2nd trip up to rework the ramp. If anyone has a larger rubber mat that we can use please step up. I'd like to cover about 12" of the edge in dirt, to keep it from being something to trip on. Since you brought it up... filthy:-) I liked the id...
by Vrezh
Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:30 pm
Forum: Flight Discussion
Topic: Thursday, April 11
Replies: 2
Views: 3339

Thursday, April 11

There was Andy with tandem, Ron and I. We launched around 2, it was a bit windy, and the winds were a bit switchy and choppy. We were getting near 4.3, but nothing inspiring about it, specially towards T-s. Later I got to 5.1+ west of towers, but the winds had picked up more and it wasn't getting an...
by Vrezh
Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:05 pm
Forum: Flight Discussion
Topic: Wednesday, April 4
Replies: 1
Views: 2821

Wednesday, April 4

TMW. Too much work. Once again expectations didn't meet the reality. It was apparent from the looks of it-crappy air. I launched first and it never got better until I landed around 4:30. Rowdy, turbulent roller coaster air, just like summer high pressure inverted crap, only cooler temps. I averaged ...
by Vrezh
Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:08 pm
Forum: Flight Discussion
Topic: Friday again
Replies: 1
Views: 2594

Friday again

We were watching conditions develop throughout the week and Friday looking pretty darn good, so it was somewhat disappointing to see how the soarcasts downgraded this morning. There were 3 trips to the top, couple of tandems and bunch of us. As the day went on, the flying got better and better, neve...
by Vrezh
Sat Mar 16, 2013 9:17 am
Forum: Flight Discussion
Topic: Friday (late) report
Replies: 1
Views: 2626

Friday (late) report

Me again, folks, the weather wasn't looking good for Sat and Sun, so Friday was not to be missed. I missed the Greblomobile, but joined them on top. Joe, Chad, Daryl (is back!), Erika and her mom, Rom driving. The day looked crappy with sharp inversion line about Kagel top. So off we went. We played...
by Vrezh
Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:03 pm
Forum: Flight Discussion
Topic: Monday
Replies: 0
Views: 2271

Monday

March 11, A few of us, (the usual suspects) patiently watching winds, managed to squeeze a flight into Monday. It didn't turn out to be as good as predicted, but lots of fun nevertheless. The lift was a bit ratty, there was sheering going on near boundary layer, and conditions were improving slower ...
by Vrezh
Fri Mar 08, 2013 8:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Irwin
Replies: 1
Views: 1700

Erwin.
by Vrezh
Fri Mar 01, 2013 7:53 pm
Forum: Flight Discussion
Topic: Flying at Avenue L 2/24/13
Replies: 2
Views: 8207

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkTJ1Sjd ... e=youtu.be[/youtube]

Max,
thanks for the report. It's nice to know about my fellow pilots' flights,
specially when I can't make it.

BTW, your singing is phenomenal, you might wanna join the band
with Phil and Larry :D
by Vrezh
Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:24 pm
Forum: Weather
Topic: RASP Update
Replies: 9
Views: 18646

November 4 is what I remember the most. In fact, I checked right now, Saturday, February 16, 11:00 PM, before I wrote this, and it's doing the same thing. I check for tomorrow, it starts out just fine, from 11:00 AM, and then, as I click "next", it goes to the next hour, as it is supposed ...
by Vrezh
Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ROME'S LAST FLIGHT
Replies: 4
Views: 2341

I put together some short video clips of the event and used some photos also taken by our friends to make this short video.

Vrezh.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8JpMcfP ... e=youtu.be[/youtube]
by Vrezh
Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:36 pm
Forum: Weather
Topic: RASP Update
Replies: 9
Views: 18646

Hi Alan, First, I thank you for making this wonderful tool available for us. I contacted you couple of months ago about issues we were having with RASP, and was explained, that it was a temporary problem, and was going to go away as soon as the migration to a new hardware was over. I wonder if you a...
by Vrezh
Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:10 pm
Forum: Flight Discussion
Topic: Monday report
Replies: 0
Views: 2260

Monday report

No, it didn't blow down, it turned launch-able right about 1:00 and flyable for 3-4 hours, until the sea breeze made it's way to the slopes and shut down the lift. And even then and all the time before that the winds were pushing from both sides of the range, so we were getting wind direction readin...
by Vrezh
Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:15 pm
Forum: Flight Discussion
Topic: Wednesday, good day
Replies: 0
Views: 2239

Wednesday, good day

Somewhat unusual turnout for a winter midweek, lost the count, but probably about 10 happy souls... Cutter and Emily got above 5K, others around 4.5, a little harder to get up if you got low, but nice and a little elusive thermals to mid 4s otherwise... Beautiful, lovely day. Good landings too. Carp...
by Vrezh
Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Skids for Moyes Carbon Basebar
Replies: 10
Views: 6091

Good idea. My solution: #1 Stainless steel self adhesive tape. Didn't last long. http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj640/vrezhtumanyan/bar1_zps7aca48bd.jpg #2 Aluminum "shell", made from discarded downtube. The downtube has the same profile, as the basebar. Attached with thin automotive ...
by Vrezh
Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Selling my All Carbon Litespeed RS3.5
Replies: 1
Views: 922

Selling my All Carbon Litespeed RS3.5

I am selling my beloved Litespeed RS3.5. I just posted in the classifieds. http://shga.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3772 For those who didn't know, it's all carbon frame version, with all the racing bells and whistles within and +some. Carbon fiber makes the strongest and lightest frame. And als...
by Vrezh
Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:06 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: Litespeed RS3.5, all carbon
Replies: 0
Views: 1677

Litespeed RS3.5, all carbon

I am selling my beloved Litespeed RS3.5. All carbon frame, battens, LE inserts, basebar (with alum. undersurface protective shells), custom kickstand and wingtip inserts. One mighty flying machine. Tuned for sweet handling and great performance. Very well taken care of. Flies very nice. Easy to land...
by Vrezh
Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:43 pm
Forum: Flight Discussion
Topic: Tuesday, January 22 was a blast!
Replies: 0
Views: 2243

Tuesday, January 22 was a blast!

It was much better than expected (and looked). There were 4 of us, Big Mike, Jonathan, Darryl and I. The sky started to turn white/grey too soon with high clouds floating in. About 1PM, ready to launch, it looked like the best we could hope was an extended sledder. I launched, carefully timing the c...