Lu Yeh, Gao Tai – paragliding startovačka
Startovačka Lu Yeh, Gao Tai se nachází v Tchaj-wan ve výšce 348 m n. m. Hlavní orientace startu je J; vhodný vítr je 0–8 m/s (max. poryv 11 m/s). Obtížnost: pokročilý.
Parametry startu
- Země
- Tchaj-wan
- Nadmořská výška
- 348 m n. m.
- Orientace startu
- J
- Vhodný vítr
- 0–8 m/s
- Max. poryv
- 11 m/s
- Obtížnost
- pokročilý
Klíčové informace
Podmínky
30 m X 30 m take off area, bordered by massive parking lot crowded with tourists on weekends and everything that comes with it, But it is heaven M - F. 368 meters, msl, 150 agl Ask for house thermals and sink holes as the wind direction shifts and when to cross the valley to the 900 take off zone. Cliff launch, with occasional bursts of rotor and thermal. When they trim the trees o When they don't there is a constant back-wind and rotor. The south west launch is largly useless. Camp grounds on the take off, bath, call for equipment repair, top landing is easy M - F. Usually a driver on weekends, . 100 km potential XC flights up the valley. Easy hitchhike back. You can live here for a week and never go down the mountain. This is an awesome place3 to fly in the summer, before the typhoon season. GW has wrought havoc on the Taiwan weather system, hard to predict. Typhoons are forming further north. Summer is best season , favorable winds develop often 7 am to 7 pm, 2000 m msl soaring. WATCH TYPHOON SEASON -August Sept, usually coincides with the Int'l PG competition. ( kinda makes you wonder. .) A typhoon from the south will set up a tail wind that will last for 3 days of Xcellent XC, good night flights
Přístup a přistání
Fly to Kaohsiung Int'l airport, bus from there to Taitung, bus to Lu Yeh taxi to take off. Or, Kaohsiung to Lu Yeh by train ( 3.5 hours )
Poplatky
Don't land in the prison yard, watch the double set of high voltage power lines, occasional fly-bys from SAR heli's.
Odkazy
Startovačky v okolí
Údaje jsou orientační (zdroje: XContest, paraglidingearth.com, paragliding-mapa.cz). Před letem vždy ověř aktuální podmínky, vzdušný prostor a souhlas správce startovačky. Více na živé mapě.