Beautiful flight. Beautiful place to fly. Do you have an aviation band radio with you? Did you know about the other airplane before you looked up at 1:23 ? (I've been startled a few times for sure.) Looks like your LZ was an airport so I'm guessing you were pretty vigilant about "See and Avoid". Great Flight. Thanks for posting it.
Yes, I *now* always carry an airband radio at that LZ. One of the first days I flew there, my buddy and I were making our way to cross the airfield. A guy flew well over us (not in pattern) also crossing the airfield, so we figured he was headed out of the area. But, then he did a crazy 270 degree turn directly onto final and missed us by a few hundred feet. Lessons learned. Lately there have always been two or three planes in the air just making touch-and-go loops, so it's good to know where they are. And yes, I heard that guy on the radio before he crossed over the airspace on his cross-country. I just have my radio wired into a Sena SR10 which is paired to my Sena headset so I can monitor the frequency, but I don't attach my mic and PTT button.
Very nice!
Beautiful flight. Beautiful place to fly. Do you have an aviation band radio with you? Did you know about the other airplane before you looked up at 1:23 ? (I've been startled a few times for sure.) Looks like your LZ was an airport so I'm guessing you were pretty vigilant about "See and Avoid". Great Flight. Thanks for posting it.
Yes, I *now* always carry an airband radio at that LZ. One of the first days I flew there, my buddy and I were making our way to cross the airfield. A guy flew well over us (not in pattern) also crossing the airfield, so we figured he was headed out of the area. But, then he did a crazy 270 degree turn directly onto final and missed us by a few hundred feet. Lessons learned. Lately there have always been two or three planes in the air just making touch-and-go loops, so it's good to know where they are. And yes, I heard that guy on the radio before he crossed over the airspace on his cross-country.
I just have my radio wired into a Sena SR10 which is paired to my Sena headset so I can monitor the frequency, but I don't attach my mic and PTT button.
What size wing? All up weight? Thanks.
My Qubik is 23m and my all-up weight is about 265lbs, I'm guessing.