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530M altitude facing Easterly. The launch can get strong thermic gusts. Pilots must contact the Canungra Hang Gliding Club before flying. A day membership is the minimum requirement, purchased online. The well maintained launch is on private property beside a road and easy to access. Watch for other gliders face landing prior to take off. The site is flyable most afternoons during summer. Power lines go from the left (north) of the launch down to the valley. They are clearly visible on one of the pictures of the launch. A windsock is available at launch. There are toilets but no bins. There is no water available at launch or bombout so make sure you pack enough before you go for the walk back up the hill.
HG Supervised / PG2
* If landing in the bombout paddock in the valley, be aware that there is an up-slope landing from SE-NE.
* First-Aid kit in the main bombout in the valley. It is located under near the road, under the stile.
* There is a sea breeze influence most afternoons in Spring and Summer. This can be great to soar but be aware that it can come roaring in.
* In northerly winds, the windsock may indicate a more easterly airflow, as if coming up the face of launch. Check the wind station for a more accurate reading.
* In southerly winds, potential for rotor on northern side of the southern ridge.
* Be aware of valley wind effect in bombout when coming into land. Can be quite north or even NW.
* Be aware of power line north of launch running down into the valley.
* Be aware of power line to the north of the bombout paddock.
* In southerly winds, be aware of your glide back to the bombout, if in the northern bowl. Perform little passes back towards launch to ascertain the strength of the wind, before venturing further towards the northern bowl.
* There is commonly a wind gradient on landing, which can be severe in the last 50 feet.
* If going XC from Beechmont, in moderate winds there is no safe landing until Hinchcliffe bombout,
* The "Postage Stamp" located half way up from the valley, is an acceptable landing area for those who wish to walk back up. It is often overgrown and really only suitable for skilled intermediate and advanced pilots.
* The Prison Farm land on the southern side of the spur is a more suitable landing area for those pilots wishing to land short and walk back up. However, do not land there with the intention of walking down to the bombout.
* The Model Airfield is a suitable alternative landing area in southerly winds when pilots struggle low at the northern end of Beechmont ridge. Instead of trying to reach the official bombout, pilots can just fly easterly down the spur and land there.
* Munsters is an emergency landing area on the top that can be used in southerly winds only. Dangerous in E and NE winds because of rotor from hills on the E and NE side. There is a fence at Munsters dividing the paddock in two (running E-W), and there's a power pole near the gate.
* Face landings on Launch is for intermediate and experienced pilots only. Restricted Pilots can only face land under supervision of Instructor or Senior Safety Officer. It may be tempting, so as not to bombout, but serious injuries have occurred.
* All face landings for all pilots are to be in the vicinity of the marker cone. No landing in the setup area.
##### Launching Area
If it is windy, pilots must launch from in front of the trees. There is to be no ground handling anywhere near the set up area. It must be done further down the slope or in front of the trees on windy days.
##### Face-landing
Face-landing is only permitted for Intermediate and Advanced SAFA rated pilots only. If you are new to Beechmont, seek advice first on face-landing as some pilots have had serious injuries attempting to do so.
A cone has been placed on Launch 25 metres from the road. This is the preferred zone for pilots wishing to face-land. Pilots must make a conscious effort to land in that area. That is below the trees bordering the launch and south of the windsock.
Any pilot that puts their wing on the road is putting themselves and the public at grave risk. If this occurs, then it must be reported to a SSO within 24 hours or you will have to pay a $50 fine. You may use the Report an Incident form on this website to contact a SSO. This also applies for Tandem pilots. The preferred landing area for tandems is in the vicinity of the cone.
##### Landings in the Setup Area.
There is to be no landings in the set up area. Pilots who do so are completely responsible for their actions and the committee will fully cooperate with any authority investigating pilots who break SAFA regulations. For those new to flying Beechmont, you need to be aware that even the smallest change in wind direction can make the world of difference to whether you can make any particular landing area.
##### Flying in Southerly Winds
Southerly winds on Beechmont are probably the worst in regards to getting to a landing area. Even though Beechmont is quite soarable when the wind is SSE, you won't get as high compared to wind of the same strength but coming from the E or NE. The reason for this is that when the wind comes from the SSE it runs along the ridge rather than up it, and there is nothing at the end of the ridge to turn the wind up the face.
When the wind comes from the NE, it gets pushed up the bowl to the right of launch and makes the hill much more soarable. Making the bomobout when the wind is from the NE is easiest done by soaring the bowl to the right of launch and then heading out to the B/O from the spur. But if the wind is from the south, the bowl is not going to produce any lift at all and if the wind is quite south, you may well be flying into rotor if heading out via the bowl.
If you are trying to make the B/O from launch in a Southerly wind, the best is to head directly out from launch. And if you are any lower than launch height, you probably won't make it. Remember that when you leave the ridge in a southerly, you'll be pushing a headwind all the way to the B/O. The land owners at the bottom of Beechmont don't want pilots landing short around their houses so make sure you leave ample height to get to the bombout. Don't wait till you are half the height of the hill to head out. For top landing in a South wind, be aware that if you are trying to fly to the school, it will be cross wind from launch, and if the wind is really south, then the school is almost headwind.;
You need a LOT more height to get to any top landing area in a southerly than in a NE when the landing areas are basically downwind. There are times when Munsters is almost impossible to get to in a Southerly even if you are 150m above launch. If you can't guarantee that you have enough height to easily make the approved top landing area, then you MUST go to the bombout.
Gold Coast hinterland.
Sealed road to the site from Canungra along Beechmont Rd. Launch adjacent to Rosins Lookout (Refidex Gold Coast Map 45, K20).
Must be a member of CHGC
Responsible:
CHGC
Canungra Hang Gliding Club
http://www.chgc.asn.au/
海拔 518米
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