Kurt
I really don't know the answer to that. It's not complaining when I hit the girders at around 28'. I would guess that it might go 30' or a little more.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kurt Krempetz
To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Glider pics from 2/04 flying session
Hi Bill,
Thanks for the report. You guys are posting some
very impressive times. Great job. How high do you
think you can get your 1.5 gram Std. glider given an
unlimited ceiling? I never been able to get my 1.6
gram Time Machine higher than 25 ft.
Kurt
--- Bill Gowen <wdgowen_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
> Chris and I battled it out last weekend at Chamblee
> HS while
> "mentoring" their Wright Stuff team. I posted a pic
> of Chris' new
> Unlimited circling in the girders and one of my beat
> up Big Poker
> resting. The competition was pretty fierce. Chris
> eventually did
> another 47 second flight which now means he's done
> 47's with two
> totally different gliders. I got 41+ with my big
> glider in HLG and
> UCLG and almost 40 in SCLG. My Standard was really
> launching well with
> many trips to the very top of the available space
> and transitions with
> almost 0 altitude loss. The glide never was quite up
> to snuff to get
> into record territory. The Standard, which weighs
> about 1.5g, would
> easily bonk the girders with a little too much pull,
> so I guess the
> next step is to further reduce the weight.
>
>
>
>
>
Kurt Krempetz
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