Washington Sandbar Play
Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 4:49 pm
I had a good day of exploring a few sandbars in the PNW this week. I played with everything from the smoothest sandbar I have ever seen, to the roughest that I would ever want to put a -170 without bush wheels into. All of this was flown with a stock O-300, 80-46 prop, light fuel load and 20 lbs of "contingency" gear in the baggage area. SL/60 degrees, so pretty much a Standard Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRqFsOxowD8
This is landing the medium smooth bar, it is 850' long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzTQkrI3y2Q
In this video I'm chasing my flying partner during his takeoff run.
https://www.facebook.com/jon.counsell/v ... cation=ufi
Departing the same sandbar. It is easy to depart either direction. On this departure you don't have to go directly over the trees, but I opted to for fun/practice/experience.
This is the taj mahal of river bars in WA. Long, over 1500', smooth and straight. It is soo big there are many options one can make to adjust it's difficulty. Again, bi-directional. We call it DOGLEG.
https://vimeo.com/168150126
This last sandbar I post to show the limits of what I would consider doable with 8X6's, -180 gear. I WON'T go back to this bar again.
https://vimeo.com/168150417
https://vimeo.com/168150281
https://vimeo.com/168150418
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRqFsOxowD8
This is landing the medium smooth bar, it is 850' long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzTQkrI3y2Q
In this video I'm chasing my flying partner during his takeoff run.
https://www.facebook.com/jon.counsell/v ... cation=ufi
Departing the same sandbar. It is easy to depart either direction. On this departure you don't have to go directly over the trees, but I opted to for fun/practice/experience.
This is the taj mahal of river bars in WA. Long, over 1500', smooth and straight. It is soo big there are many options one can make to adjust it's difficulty. Again, bi-directional. We call it DOGLEG.
https://vimeo.com/168150126
This last sandbar I post to show the limits of what I would consider doable with 8X6's, -180 gear. I WON'T go back to this bar again.
https://vimeo.com/168150417
https://vimeo.com/168150281
https://vimeo.com/168150418