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One more requested variation: was suggested that the existing kitchen might not be in an ideal position, so this one moves it to the south side of the structure (so definitely more effort/cost involved). This would free up more clearance for HG’s making approaches in East wind conditions.
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
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:
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.
