Flying Wedge
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Wish you could join us! Best of luck on the Langford Cup though!
Fall 2014 Central Iowa Get Together
Wish you could join us! Best of luck on the Langford Cup though!
dhartmann34
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Bump! Really hoping we can generate some interest here..... 16 guys?! That would be an awful lot of $ bills for Wedge to win.....
Speaking of FlyingWedge.... I need him to explain flying and turbulence to me bc man does it give me the creeps......and sweaty hands.
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Speaking of FlyingWedge.... I need him to explain flying and turbulence to me bc man does it give me the creeps......and sweaty hands.
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Don't fib. You're just trying to understand how the new G30 works. :clown:
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Drive down the highway and stick your hand flat out the window. It's just wind resistance keeping you in the air (combined with lift). Everyonce and awhile you hit a pocket of air that can't support it and you drop down a bit. That's super simple but all it really is. Hopefully the pilots adjust the altitude and get back into "smoother" air
Drive down the highway and stick your hand flat out the window. It's just wind resistance keeping you in the air (combined with lift). Everyonce and awhile you hit a pocket of air that can't support it and you drop down a bit. That's super simple but all it really is. Hopefully the pilots adjust the altitude and get back into "smoother" air
dhartmann34
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Yeah I do want to know how the G30 manages to mess up my swing and not go my usual 400 yards
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Flying Wedge
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Turbulence might just be the pilots having fun. Haha! Actually turbulence is caused by a shift in wind direction or speed. Also crossing weather fronts. Imagine a snow globe that has been shaken. Fly along in smooth air then fly thru that snow globe (turbulence). Once out it smooths out again. There is also something called mountain wave. This occurs when winds blow across a mountain range. The up and down motion can increase with each increasing mountain it crosses. This motion then carries for hundreds of miles past the mountains. Spring and Summer with cumulus clouds will give you up and down drafts in and around them. Think developing thunderstorms. Temperature also creates turbulence. Warm air rises and cold air sinks. On a windy day at the surface, buildings and trees can create turbulence. When the wind flow is interrupted by buildings, trees, etc. it causes the wind to swirl (snow globe).
Now back to the golf!! Sure hoping we get some more interest in this.
There should just be a 'flying physics' thread for Flying Wedge to respond to all questions. For instance, why does it appear that the wings 'shake' a bit when flying. Is it just an illusion, or does the wing really shake/bend/etc?
But as for this outing, I'm pressing on a good friend of mine from Cedar Rapids to 1) join the forum, and 2) come to this outing. So hopefully that will be at least one more.
Have we decided between the haunted house and motel? Or Lames?
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But as for this outing, I'm pressing on a good friend of mine from Cedar Rapids to 1) join the forum, and 2) come to this outing. So hopefully that will be at least one more.
Have we decided between the haunted house and motel? Or Lames?
~Rock
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Yes the wings & alot of other parts move & also expand and shrink due to temperature change.
Back still mediocre but still planning to come.
Back still mediocre but still planning to come.
That's what I like to hear! Maybe the Bulldog needs to try some yoga to improve the back?
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This is now on my radar. Going to have to see what the wife has to say, but any excuse to tee it up with THPers is worth begging for.
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I hope you can make it buddy, an MC champion in the house!!!
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Awesome! Be great to have you join us. I'm sure you wife will see the importance of a great golf weekend with a bunch if THP Friends!
That video scares me. As does flying anywhere over asia.
I'll help with coordinating the lodging. But like before, there's not much point in picking a place without a decent head count, so it'll probably be labor day before I/We pick one.
~Rock
I'll help with coordinating the lodging. But like before, there's not much point in picking a place without a decent head count, so it'll probably be labor day before I/We pick one.
~Rock
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I'm sure she will, but having just returned from one... It might be a tough ask.
Flying Wedge
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It should comfort you. Showing the stress that the modern day airframe can withstand.
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She's considering it!! Did we find lodging at all or figure cost for Sunday's round yet?
dhartmann34
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Yea, bribes definitely work! Usually, it takes two things for the Fall outings for me. A money matching donation to my wife, and usually some sort of statement that it might be my 'last hurrah' in golf for the season. Probably won't be this year since I have my own golf cart now, but yea, bribes. Or tell her that you have to play for a chance to win some Noodle Long and Soft Balls!
~Rock
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No, and I took over lodging, I guess. All I can tell you is that I will be trying very hard to keep it cheap, without being a total dive.
Since it is an away game for Iowa State, it gives us even more lodging options if we want to stay in Lames.
~Rock
Bump, cost for 36 holes on Saturday at Honey Creek is $37.
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That is correct! Awesome right. You will find even more amazing after you play the course!!
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Great!! The posted Sunday rate right now is 46 riding. Not sure if October will be off season or if I can get a lower rate. Will talk them this Saturday when I play there. Total for 36 holes on Saturday is $37.