Video of Landing a T2 @ The Beehives yesterday

JD · Post by JD » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:11 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOrotOnFptA[/youtube]

~8MPH downwind/uphill landing w/ drogue chute after coming back from Little T at 2,385'. 8MPH SE crossing/tail wind and landing at 1,588' on my T2 144. Later we see where Ken A. landed his Litespeed in Big T Wash after being carried by a broad area of ground level lift. Two reminders about why drogue chutes are worth considering if going XC.

JD · Post by JD » Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:34 pm

Here's a better perspective of landing at Beehives on a Falcon
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usSBdtLU0c4#t=3m46s[/youtube]

OSCAR · Post by **OSCAR** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:16 pm

That looked like a scary place to land with all those rocks around you'd be lucky not to stub your toe or twist your ankle.Love your videos Jonathan Keep em coming.

JD · Post by JD » Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:05 pm

OSCAR wrote:That looked like a scary place to land with all those rocks around you'd be lucky not to stub your toe or twist your ankle.Love your videos Jonathan Keep em coming.

Thanks, Oscar. When I went to retrieve Ken I was amazed at all those rocks and boulders at the far South end of the Big T Wash. Ken did an awesome job of making a safe landing on his Litespeed in no wind over all those big rocks. It was at least 1/4 mile farther South than we normally do apparently due to thermals coming off the deck. This also illustrates why I always fly my T2 with a drogue chute if I think there is any chance that I will land out.

OSCAR · Post by **OSCAR** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:03 pm

Ya- good idea ,In those conditions it would really help to spoil your glide

JBBenson · Post by **JBBenson** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:50 am

It was neat to see your glide degrade when you deployed the drogue.

At least, that's what I think I saw.....

JD · Post by JD » Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:11 pm

JBBenson wrote:It was neat to see your glide degrade when you deployed the drogue...............

It did degrade considerably, especially after pulling on a little speed. Closer to stall speed it does very little. For flying XC I recommend them highly, along with some good instruction prior to using.

stebbins · Post by **stebbins** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:35 am

I couldn't agree more with Jonathan on this one.

Get one. Get instruction. And then practice a few times in a "safe" environment. Then use it occasionally (every third or fourth landing?) to keep in practice.