jonnyboy wrote:

You wanna get out more. You don't *intend* to go in - it just sort of
happens (p.s. look up 'thermal').

Definitely not. If it "just happens" to you, then something is *very*
wrong with your flying tactics and possibly even with your attitude. (It
may "just happen" at night, but I rarely find thermals at night.) In all
real world situations where you might get trapped, there is always
plenty of time to spin up that gyro.

Stefan