| > > The general rule of thumb I was taught is that when wind shear | > > is reported, carry more knots on final. Easier to ride out the | > > changes seen by the wing. The question becomes how to transfer | > > that to modeling.
Easy. You never know the exact airspeed of your model, so don't fly right down to stall speed. The more uncertain the air speed is (high winds and especially gusts = more uncertainty), the larger cushion you leave when you're close to the ground.
| > Do the telemetry pakages offered for models come with a some cool | > "shades" that would give a HUD display in real time of indicated | > air speed, true air speed, pitch ladder, velocity vector, and AGL | > ?? If not, I think it would be a good idea. The ones I seen looks | > like you can download the info to your PC after your flight.
That would be cool, but I wonder how distracting it would be ...
Actually, there are telemetry systems that use audible signals rather than visual ones. The sailplane guys use them a lot. Typically you have a FRS or ham band receiver and listen to your plane. The simple `varios' will transmit a tone that varies based on if your plane is gaining or losing altitude (just like full scale ones), and the fancier ones have speech synthesizers that report speed, altitude, altitude deltas, battery voltage, etc.
| No, I don't think knowing the airspeed, AOA, altitude, etc. AFTER the flight | is going to do much good. Nor am I aware of a HUD for my glasses. . . .
Knowing these things after landing can be very useful. Also, you can buy wireless systems that let you view them in real time. (Not suggested for the pilot, but a spotter could use it ...)
Like this --
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though that's only one system, there are others.