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  • in reply to: New Shade Structure Member Input (Wishlist) #10745
    David Webb
    General Member

    Had a request for a variation with the breakdown area to be covered as well. Here’s that one:

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    in reply to: New Shade Structure Member Input (Wishlist) #10744
    David Webb
    General Member

    Disclaimer disclaimer disclaimer – I’m definitely not an architect or engineer (JP is an architect and he’s working on a more interesting concept which will likely check a lot more boxes than this one). I just threw this together as a potential “super-conservative” idea (maybe a visual will help with the discussion about it). Something that’s slightly better than what we had, requires minimal new concrete, no additional earth moving, and likely low-cost. Guess is that the wind shadow would be similar or maybe slightly better than the last, since there’s less wall blocking west winds, and the roof has a minimal (1′ front to back) pitch.

    Few things based on the feedback so far:

    • Yellow rectangle is a safety notice showing the approach and important site guidelines (making it hard to miss when you come up the stairs)
    • Classroom area is separated from the chit-chat areas
    • Kitchen completely covered
    • Shelf and outlets next to the tables to charge electronics
    • Artificial turf breakdown area
    • Beefy mast to mount the water/laser canons

    overview

    classroom

    peanut

    kitchen

    in reply to: Friday the 13th, 2020 – All Day #10741
    David Webb
    General Member

    Few more from Friday morning. Got caught on the webcam too.

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    in reply to: When in the hell was this? #10738
    David Webb
    General Member

    Looks like it was March 2018.

    in reply to: More Approach Pattern Stuff #10716
    David Webb
    General Member

    Time for the daily nag about the approach pattern – this time with visual aids.

    Recently received a real-world example involving 2 pilots approaching at the same time. Perfectly illustrates why sticking to the approach pattern (and keeping PG and HG traffic separate) is so important. HG approach in black and PG approach in red:

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    If the HG didn’t drastically alter his approach (and they mentioned that they were already pushing it to make the LZ with the amount of altitude they had left) – and that assumes that the pilot would have the skills to make such an alteration in their approach – that whole area in the northeast corner of the LZ would have been mid-air central.

    Please please please – whatever wing you fly – stick to the approach and keep an eye out for your fellow pilots.

    in reply to: Dishwalla-Pilot? AJX Internet Out #10700
    David Webb
    General Member

    If anyone can hunt down information on our whole WiFi setup, send it my way (info@crestlinesoaring.org) and we can add it to the Club Library’s Technical Documentation for all to access.

    in reply to: RASP & Windgrams #10672
    David Webb
    General Member

    Bummer Alan! 2020 claims another victim – it will be sorely missed.

    I’ve switched the Windgrams on the weather page over to the ones being generated by the FlyMarshall site. I wish I could read the lift values at the top, but I hear those windgrams have been fairly well received by quite a few pilots.

    in reply to: To shreds, you say? #10653
    David Webb
    General Member

    Awesome! Thanks Mario.

    in reply to: To shreds, you say? #10642
    David Webb
    General Member

    Big thanks Tim and Gene!

    Maybe if someone has a couple of hours and a metal detector (or a super powerful magnet) they could sweep the parking lot with it?

    in reply to: RASP & Windgrams #10634
    David Webb
    General Member

    That’s great news, Alan. Appreciate your follow-up.

    in reply to: New Shade Structure Member Input (Wishlist) #10626
    David Webb
    General Member

    Adding Tim’s items from the other thread:

    As long as we’re doing it, cover the entire concrete slab area, kitchen area included. Maybe pour the missing southeast corner as well. The missing northeast corner is steep enough that leaving it as grass is probably okay.

    Bring the eaves of the structure down to possibly 8 feet from 10. Having some slope on the roof will make it drain. The flat roof dripped for a long time after a rain. Lower eaves will give shade earlier in the day.

    Build it with welded steel trusses. Possibly concrete or masonry columns. I suspect part of the issue here was rot at the base of the wooden posts. I’ll have to get out there and look. One turning loose would be all it took.

    Extend the roof on the west side, and have a vertical plywood wall on the edge of the slope. Put in some hammocks or shelves to hold PGs and harnesses out of the wind and sun. That will leave more space for people on the east, social side of the container. It will also cover up the ugly infrastructure side of the container, and shade the A/C unit.

    in reply to: AJX Shade Structure #10623
    David Webb
    General Member

    So far, you guys are killin’ it on donations! – big thanks to everyone that’s contributed in the last couple of days. Keep the support coming.

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    in reply to: New Shade Structure Member Input (Wishlist) #10605
    David Webb
    General Member

    I propose a more visible area to post the approach pattern and site guideline posters (someplace that’s hard to miss and not blocked by seating or pilots hanging out). I think because of the benches they were getting missed by visitors not wanting to push through a group of people sitting on the benches.

    Also, blackjack table and full bar.

    in reply to: AJX Shade Structure #10598
    David Webb
    General Member

    Wind perspectives.

    Here’s a peek at the afternoon Marshall was having yesterday.

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    in reply to: AJX Shade Structure #10555
    David Webb
    General Member

    Request: for any of you that might be onsite assisting with the cleanup, would you keep an eye out for the AJX weather station? It’s a small gray box with a solar panel on the front. Picture here:

    https://holfuy.com/en

    Its still sending data, so it would be good to ascertain if it’s still in good working order (one less thing to buy in the rebuilding effort). Last seen attached to a small mast on a tripod that was mounted to the roof. If you find it, please put it in a safe place and shoot me an email at info@crestlinesoaring.org to let me know where it is. Once we get ahold of it I can work with the vendor to test its functionality and then get it remounted.

    Thanks in advance!