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Re: Turbulence in Socal
Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 6:38 am
by hoser70
Looks like things might be calming done some... Just in time for some weekend flying...
Re: Turbulence in Socal
Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 7:44 am
by Frank Pate
The winds were unusually strong in past few days. I experienced wind shear climbing to altitude on autopilot that tossed my heading 30 degrees and sent my little Baron58 into a 2500 fpm climb for a minute then down to 200 fpm. Didn't even look at the roll. Over the mountains it was a bumpy ride straight and level. DOing the <shift Z> on FSX I had a 79 knot cross wind aloft which answered why I needed to crab almost 15 degrees to maintain the airway track. Threw me for a loop tracking the radials, but sure did introduce a level of experience.