Geico266
Touchdown! Greaser!
There is a difference in flying a loose formation cross country to maintain visual contact for safety and the type of close formation flying required for military or airshows. I've done both and survived. Use a little common sense and you'll be fine. If you want to do close formation flying then get training which involves a safety pilot riding along for instruction.
Set a minimum of 30 yards and fly it at 50. You'll be fine and safer than flying with no visual contact.
Losing visual contact is not a good thing. If you do, use your GPS distance to a common destination to maintain horizonal separation, and fly at difference altitudes based on GPS, not the inaccurate altimeter for vertical separation.
YYMV.
Set a minimum of 30 yards and fly it at 50. You'll be fine and safer than flying with no visual contact.
Losing visual contact is not a good thing. If you do, use your GPS distance to a common destination to maintain horizonal separation, and fly at difference altitudes based on GPS, not the inaccurate altimeter for vertical separation.
YYMV.
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