Unsavory Winds January 20
The winds looked good this morning, so I headed out hoping for fair winds. The winds were a little light when I got out to the NAS, so I stopped by the Naval Air Museum and dropped off a print of the attached photo. I toured around the museum for about an hour after that– it’s a great place full of really neat stuff and photos. Docents are super nice and incredibly knowledgeable about the base and their military history.
After that, went out to see if the winds were good. The wind was just high enough to get the kite in the air, but it kept dropping out every few minutes to just about nothing. The wind starting coming up a little, but I decided to give it a few minutes. After a quick trip to a coffee shop, the wind was waaay up. Like 15mph with gusts to 20mph. The kite I’m flying — building a higher wind kite soonish — has a top end around 15mph. I tried to trim it up for the higher winds, but it was just too unstable. Probably could have continued tweaking it, but decided to just call it a day.
Turned out to be a good decision, since the winds just kept building. Tomorrow is lighter winds, but a chance of rain. My best bet looks to be around sunrise, so we’ll see what we can do.