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   Mangshan -rate- (3/5 - 1 vote)
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Last update : Jun 22nd 2011
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GPS coordinates : take off : 40°16'12" (40.27)N; 116°16'37" (116.277)E - Elevation : 615 m.
landing : 40°15'56" (40.2658)N; 116°15'7" (116.252)E - Elevation : 91 m.
Take off : two facing south, one facing north. and we can fly all the wind direction but east wind. And we can fly all the year even in winter( of course ,it's very cold).From the picture below you can see the take off site are very tight, so pratice you ground handling more.

40°16'11.60'N
116°16'39.00'E
Landing : flat and big, anyone can land here safely

see :http://www.wingchina.com/s...

Gps position is :
40°15'58.16'N
116°15'7.42'E
Going there : from Beijing city asking the way to Ming tomb, and Sisanlin reservoir
Comments : a nice site for weekend flying, and easy to reach(40minutes drive from beijing), easy to land,

more info please see this

http://www.wingchina.com/e...
Weather hazards : early can fly all year around
Flight regulation : for just under the airliner's landing course, the ceiling here is 1500 meters
People to contact : Howard Yin yinhongjun@gmail.com MSN:jetstream@sian.com
Parking :
Website : http://www.wingchina.com
Tourism  : Ming Tomb

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_Dynasty_Tombs
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 Pros on Mangshan

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 Pictures
just above the launch site
picture by howard yin
 
from west side looking back
picture by howard yin
 
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 gps logs of flights from Mangshan

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 Situation
Take off : 40.27 N; 116.277 E
Landing : 40.2658 N; 116.252 E
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Local weather :
from Beijing (39.26 km from the site):
  • Age : 34 min ago
  • Wind : varies at 2 mph (4 km/h)
  • Visibility : 10 miles
flying looks rather good though one criteria is undefined :
- wind speed : 0 m/s
- weather conditions : not given by our weather report... :(
 Leonardo flights [?] - Top ten Leonardo flights at a glance (our advice for a clearer view : view the map fullscreen, without showing tasks).
takeoff : MangShan (40.2698; 116.277), 0.02 km from this takeoff
Pilot OLC type OLC distance (km) Open distance (km) Flight duration Date View flight details on Leonardo
Gordon Liu 22.169 11.459 2:0:54 2003-10-18 View
Gordon Liu 20.145 9.806 1:17:1 2003-08-25 View
calvin wu 9.748 5.351 0:51:41 2011-09-18 View
calvin wu 3.187 2.721 0:7:40 2011-09-17 View
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