[Chris McKeon]

OK I have asked about changing a Pilots weight before. My Question is about altering a Pilots Hook-In Weight by a significant amount, and I asked how much that change affected how their Glider Flew Before a Pilot lost a third of His, or Hers body weight. But I did not receive any First-Person information. Well, I guess that not Many Pilots have lost a third of Their Body Weight, then went on Flying their Glider. In My Case 13 years ago I Flew My One Fifty-eight Predator. The morning of My last Flight. I Weighed 298 Lbs. I now Weigh One Hundred Ninety-Eight Pounds. Yes, I have lost a Third of My Body weight, or I can say it this way; I have lost 100 Pounds. At this [point and time I do not know if, or when I will Fly My Predator.

I Flew Hang Gliders for Twenty Years, No fuss, no Mus. But then I took the word "POUND" to a whole new level.

What can I say, The Pound Diet sure does Work. But the Diet is not for the faint of Heart. Ok I hope to receive some Data regarding how flying the same glider after having lost plus or minus a hundred pounds.

Thanks Chris McKeon.

[Chris McKeon]

OK I have asked about changing a Pilots weight before. My Question is about altering a Pilots Hook-In Weight by a significant amount, and I asked how much that change affected how their Glider Flew Before a Pilot lost a third of His, or Hers body weight. But I did not receive any First-Person information. Well, I guess that not Many Pilots have lost a third of Their Body Weight, then went on Flying their Glider. In My Case 13 years ago I Flew My One Fifty-eight Predator. The morning of My last Flight. I Weighed 298 Lbs. I now Weigh One Hundred Ninety-Eight Pounds. Yes, I have lost a Third of My Body weight, or I can say it this way; I have lost 100 Pounds. At this [point and time I do not know if, or when I will Fly My Predator.

I Flew Hang Gliders for Twenty Years, No fuss, no Mus. But then I took the word "POUND" to a whole new level.

What can I say, The Pound Diet sure does Work. But the Diet is not for the faint of Heart. Ok I hope to receive some Data regarding how flying the same glider after having lost plus or minus a hundred pounds.

Thanks Chris McKeon.

[Chris McKeon]

Well; the Way, I see it, I am a work in Progress. Being honest about My attributes, and My deficits. I am wondering if I will regain My rightful Place in the Sky! In the Meantime, I Dream about Flying constantly. But I will admit it. I Dream of Flying. Yes, I dream while I am awake. One Major change that I am looking.
forward to with a little trepidation, because I worry about something that I have never been Close to being a Liteweight 158 Predator Pilot. I will be a Pilot who weighs less than Two Hundred Pounds. For on My Last Flight, I weighed Two Hundred and Ninety-Eight Pounds. Losing a hundred Pounds the Hard way! For I went on the "POUND DIET". I am concerned that the way the Glider responds to Me, Will have changed.

[Chris McKeon]

You know I see Myself as a Pilot, no not necessarily a Pilot. No in reality anyone could have sustained an injury such as Mine. I mean My Body was subjected to a major impact. I sheared Brain many Brain Axons. After I pounded a Sophomoric Kaiser Doctor who could somehow see into Muy Future predicted dire consequences for Me. I was too be no better Mentally better than a Potato, and that I would never walk again. I am not making this up. Some Doctors, many Doctors in My Case simply Wright You Off when You injure Yourself badly enough. Well I had, and I have no intentions of living down to My Doctors Horrible Prognosis's. I can only imagine what that all knowing Quack would say to My returning to Free-Flight?

[Chris McKeon]

Do Thermals rotate in a constant direction? Here in the Northern Hemisphere rotate which direction/ Due to the Coriolis effect well I think that Thermals have one direction regarding their rotation. Am I correct?

[Chris McKeon]

Do Thermals up here in the northern Hemisphere, so thermal's rotate in what direction? If Thermals rotate Clockwise, then I imagine that Thermals down in the Southern Hemisphere rotate counterclockwise. So, do I have all this Wrong?

[Chris McKeon]

Ok I realize that there are Pilots, or at least one Pilot on this site who has unresolved Personal Demons that Prevents Him from when Flying to head on on an XC route, H thinks, Note; He has the fear of experiencing danger as in Pounding and - Or Death if He were to head off away from the Air Mass, and the Ground along with all its such as Buildings, Tres, People. that he has made the unsubstantial reality that if He chose to fly a Cross Country route on a Given Day, that the Air over the Ground along an XC Route along with the numerous Structures would pose an unthinkable Hazards.

[JoeF]

Thermals may rotate in either direction on either hemisphere because of immediate local conditions just like one may cause drain rotations to either direction at any locality. If earth was ideally a smooth sphere and there were no local individuating conditions, then the Coriolis effect would on average favor a direction in each hemisphere.

[Chris McKeon]

I just wonder if when working a Thermal for Lift if a Pilot might experience better results when thermal Ing. By "Better" I naturally Mean a Better rate of lift. But then again I look at our experience while landing at Our home HG Flying Mountain, Mount Diablo. Diablo has a couple of launches. Well, there is the Tower Launch, and there is a Launch at Juniper Ridge. There are a couple of Places to land on the Mountain, or at its base. But the LZ that I love to land at, is the Juniper ridge LZ. The Juniper Ridge LZ. is set up as a Down Wind Up Hill Landing. Because of the Juniper Ridge LZ. I was able to Compleat one Day Eighteen Launches on a single day of Flying. My Nineteenth LZ. was after I had Flow Miles XC. As much as I love Having the Juniper Ridge LZ. There was one Pilot who did not like it very much. Tim M was at the Last; "BIG GUY FLY IN". Well Tim said to Me; Big Guy, you know you are blowing it asking these pilots to land here; Here being the Juniper Ridge LZ.

I said to Tim; "Tim it is not just Me who likes to land here at this Juniper Ridge LZ. Mike S, and Kevin D have also landed here. So, I ask You Tim; There have at least three Pilots who have landed here. landings going back at least Ten Years. None of us are anything special. in fact, regarding ability, Ability to Fly and land a Hg. I would rate Mike and Kevin as Maybe better than Average. and as to Myself. I would rate Myself as Sub Par. Come on Mike just how dangerous can this LAZ be? AAs far as I know there has never been a single Whack at this LZ.



It Blows My Mind

[Chris McKeon]

I do not know how My Predator will Fly now that after having gone on the; {POUND DIET}, I am just itching to Fly My Predator after shedding a Hundred Pounds or So. My last Flight will be Thirteen Years Seven Months ago in just Six More Days. Oh, I know that the Glider will feel stiffer. That my flying speeds will be slower, both Trim Speed, and My Max speed. I imagine the speed at which I will Flair will be lower, but how Much slower? I imagine that I cannot be the only Person to Fly one Day, then loose a Third of His or Her's Body weight, then goes on to Fly again. I sit here thinking that this recovery, my recovery back to what I was before My Pounding, albeit now I am Slimer Predator Pilot.

IMPENDING CGANGES:

I know that My rate of lift will improve. Please take Note. The 158 Predator that I Flew had a Great climb rate. I mean My Predator could stay Airborne when if I was Flying another Glider that was made by another Manufacturer while trying to Climb would have been doubtful. or I may not have been able to stay up.

OK, so if any of You have changed Your Hook in number by a large Amount. Note: A Large Amount is 100 Pounds or more. Well thenb when You went on to Fly the same Glider. How waas it?