Re: The Clash at Kent

From: Kurt Krempetz <krempetz_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 15:30:28 -0800 (PST)

Hi,
    I am also planning to attend Kent this year. I
just finish a 25" wingspan glider for Kent that I plan
to take to Racine tomorrow night and test fly. It
weighs just under 6 grams.

Kurt

--- jim buxton <glider902003_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

> This may be off topic, but the glider posts here are
> kind of leading
> to this, so Mark you can bust my chops if you feel
> this is outside
> the lines of this board.
>
> It seems Kent is getting good "buzz" this year,
> which is great. This
> is a fantastic site that as been on the brink of
> being cancelled in
> the past due to low turnout. This year it seems the
> glider battle
> will be in a Cat II building. Romash is in, Deloach
> is on the fence,
> and I got a call from Zaluska and Goins on New Years
> Eve around 11:30
> PM, that had something to do with glider I think:)
> They are both
> planning on being there for it. Gowen is in as
> well.
>
> The ceiling is the way Mark described it. I will
> put a couple shots
> of the building in the photos section.
>
> For the pure construction portion of this
> law-abiding post:
> 3.1 grams is what the standard cat glider I used to
> set the record
> there in 2004 weighs.
>
> This building has had some great air in years past.
> If the
> conditions are good this year, records will probably
> fall. Someone
> needs to go after the F1N record.
> ~Jim
>
>
>
>
>


Kurt Krempetz


                
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