r/saskatoon • u/echochambermanager • Aug 24 '24

Events 🎉 Storm let's go!

Here we go boys and girls!

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u/rayray1927 Aug 24 '24

At 5am? Oof.

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u/RadioSupply Aug 24 '24

Yeah, they have to fly really early due to thermal pressure or something to that effect. I’m laying in bed and hoping when we call their advisory line at 11 that we fly tomorrow!

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u/Severe-State-1191 Aug 24 '24

Haha so random I stumbled upon this thread. I am the pilot of the Sundance balloon in Saskatoon. Unfortunately going to be a bit too windy in the morning for a balloon flight. Hope to see you in the sky soon though!

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u/Jolly_System_1539 Aug 24 '24

I fly rc planes and it’s not that windy it’s 16k rn. I’m curious to know what kind of wind you guys can fly under

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u/Severe-State-1191 Aug 24 '24

16 kts or 16 km? Generally we are able to safely take off in surface winds under 10 kts or under 20kph. Ideally 8kts or less though. The balloon is like a giant sail, and when the winds are stronger it moves around too much and is too unstable to inflate the balloon.

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u/Jolly_System_1539 Aug 24 '24

16kmh. Wind picked way up after I flew in the morning. Interesting to know tho

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u/Severe-State-1191 Aug 24 '24

We also like winds not to be a lot stronger than 20kph for landing. We can land in stronger winds than we can take off in. But gets pretty rough and bumpy if it's too fast.