Question to Mxmanic

On Apr 14, 4:27 pm, "george" wrote:
I always maintained altitude and rate of turn in steep turns with the
end result being hitting my own slipstream.

As have we all on nice days, and students like to brag about it. Yet
Mx is correct, in theory we should not be able to do this.

I seem to recall recent magazine (web?) articles where the idea that
you can hit your own wake while actually holding altitude, should be
downplayed nowadays. You _have_ to descend a little bit to do so,
which means that, while you might be within the +/- 100' test
scenario, you are NOT holding the same exact altitude.

Hmm. Or else it means that the wake doesn't necessarily descend as
we're taught. On a warm clear day (which is when I've hit my own
wake), I betcha that the wake is being held upward a tiny bit by the
heat from the ground.

Cheers, Kev