[NSRCA-discussion] Height of manuevers

[Earl Haury]

Hey Ron

You airspeed to go with that?

Earl
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Height of manuevers


> Leave it to Earl.  Derek asks a simple question and .....  It's like  
> the guy who asks another what time it is and the other guy proceeds  
> to describe how to make a watch!  Just kidding.  :-)
> 
> Ron
> 
> On Sep 8, 2010, at 6:47 PM, Earl Haury wrote:
> 
>> Found a couple of the Aresti with for P11-F11 from last fall when I  
>> was sorting out the sequences. Looks like the max altitude for the  
>> M was 960ft., stall turn 875 as the tallest for P, the Top Hat 920,  
>> stall turn 1200 (oops), humpty 930, for F - everything else tops  
>> out closer to 800 max.
>>
>> Earl
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Derek Koopowitz
>> To: General pattern discussion
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 6:09 PM
>> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Height of manuevers
>>
>> Has anyone done any testing using a altimeter of sorts such as  
>> Eagletree's altimeter option to figure out exactly how high some of  
>> our maneuvers end up?  In using basic Trigonometry I can estimate  
>> that if a plane is flown at 150 meters at a 60 degree angle then  
>> the plane should be around 260m (around 800') high... do we fly  
>> higher than this?  Obviously the further out one flies then the  
>> higher one gets if at 60 degrees.
>>
>> Are there any true measurements that one could relay to me... or if  
>> someone has an altimeter, could you test it out and let me know  
>> please?  I'm particularly interested in current sequences/ 
>> maneuvers... especially F3A or Masters.  I don't think the lower  
>> classes get to an altitude that is of any significance (generally  
>> speaking of course).
>>
>>
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