[NSRCA-discussion] Height of manuevers

[Earl Haury]

If a 400ft limit ever becomes reality we'll all be flying foamies!

Earl
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Fuqua 
  To: 'General pattern discussion' 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 7:50 PM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Height of manuevers


  Sort of blows the 400 ft AMA "limit" out of the water.   700 - 900' AGL seems pretty normal on my Eagletree altimeter.

   

  From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Derek Koopowitz
  Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 6:10 PM
  To: General pattern discussion
  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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