Timeline for Can you fly a glider in a cloud on primary instruments?
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| Sep 29, 2021 at 19:34 | comment | added | quiet flyer | In my experience, in the northern hemisphere, this only works well on southerly headings, even if the air is rather smooth. Has to do with the effects of lead / lag errors. Have video of a ces 120 descending through several thousand feet of cloud using wet compass for heading, w/ turn rate indicator covered up and no other gyro instruments present -- on a southerly heading. Also an experience in hang glider where wet compass outperformed gps as an aid to holding heading to exit cloud, with additional help from piezoelectric turn rate indicator -- but only on a southerly heading. | |
| Jan 30, 2018 at 22:41 | comment | added | Peter Kämpf | Yes, wave clouds have nice, steady airflow. Most clouds a glider pilot will encounter, however, are cumulus clouds with a high level of turbulence inside. That makes a big difference! | |
| Jun 5, 2017 at 6:33 | review | Late answers | |||
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| Jun 5, 2017 at 6:17 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jun 5, 2017 at 6:15 | history | answered | user3587888 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |