Hi,
I believe flight time is directly related to the
density of the air. So at 6000 ft your times should
be roughly 20% lower than the times you would get at
sea level.
Kurt
--- wleppard1 <moservices1_at_qwest.net> wrote:
> Don:
>
> Great report with only one mistake that I saw. You
> have Murph with a time of 8:03 in LPP
> which is incorrect.
>
> To the other readers I must remind everyone that our
> flying site is at an altitude of
> approximately 6000 feet. This altitude DOES have an
> effect on the times, but I haven't
> been able to quantify exactly how much. If anyone
> has an idea about the altitude effect
> on duration I would appreciate hearing about it.
>
> Bill
>
> . --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Don
> DeLoach" <ddeloach_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > MMM 2/19/06 Indoor Meet in Colorado Springs
> >
> >
> >
> > Another excellent Colorado Springs indoor contest
> is in the books. The air
> > must have been exceptionally good since many site
> records were
> > shattered--half by a wide margin. Further proof of
> this theory is I've never
> > had such great flights with my old beater HLG.
> >
> >
> >
> > Some highlights of the day:
> >
> > - The blizzard of Science Olympiad kids in
> attendance, being mentored
> > by Frank Deis. Frank is really great guy.
> >
> > - For several years we've all been
> struggling to break 8:00 in LPP. On
> > 2/19 Bill Leppard and Romash both did it once,
> then Rob adds an eye-popping
> > 9:23 for good measure!
> >
> > - Romash's performance in LPP, Ministick,
> and F1L. huge flights and
> > site records in all three events.
> >
> > - After the January contest I drew up an A-6
> design and mailed it to a
> > handful of guys I thought might be interested.
> Three guys built it for this
> > contest and all three flew well. Any more takers?
> A-6 is a really fun event
> > and easy to build & fly.
> >
> > - About 20 paid flyers. Enough to pay the
> rental and pad the club
> > indoor fund a little!
> >
> >
> >
> > That concludes this winter's indoor flying at the
> City Aud. Thanks to all
> > who attended. We are seeing greater support than
> ever for these meets.
> >
> >
> >
> > For those that need an indoor fix this spring and
> summer, don't forget about
> > the Wings Over the Rockies flying sessions in
> Aurora. John Lovins is a doing
> > a fantastic job maintaining the relationship with
> the museum. And now the
> > great news from John is that the museum is open to
> our flying there ANY
> > Sunday they don't have something else going on.
> Currently that means EVERY
> > Sunday in March is open! More good news is that
> the Museum would welcome MMM
> > having a contest there. This is something we are
> thinking about very
> > seriously, so stay tuned for an announcement. We
> don't want to conflict too
> > much with the outdoor flying dates but we should
> be able to squeeze in an
> > indoor contest or two between now and next fall.
> >
> > --Don DeLoach
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Limited Pennyplane
> >
> > Rob Romash 9:23*
> >
> > Jerry Murphy 8:03*
> >
> > Don DeLoach 6:39
> >
> > Rick Pangell 6:27
> >
> > Jerry Murphy 4:06
> >
> > Frank Deis 3:46
> >
> > John McGrath DNF
> >
> >
> >
> > Ministick
> >
> > Rob Romash 8:20*
> >
> > John Lovins 7:55*
> >
> > Bill Leppard 4:49
> >
> >
> >
> > HLG
> >
> > Don DeLoach 37.0 + 36.5
> >
> > Rob Romash 34.7 + 36.0
> >
> > Bob Miller 34.0 + 33.3
> >
> > Randy Reynolds 33.3 + 31.7
> >
> > Rick Pangell 28.4 + 28.5
> >
> > Todd Reynolds 22.0 + 22.0
> >
> > Roland Solomon 19.1 + 15.2
> >
> >
> >
> > FAC No-Cal Scale
> >
> > Bill Leppard 4:41
> >
> >
> >
> > F1L Easy B
> >
> > Rob Romash 20:15*
> >
> > Bill Leppard 20:01
> >
> > Rick Pangell 14:23
> >
> >
> >
> > AMA Easy B
> >
> > Rick Pangell 8:16
> >
> >
> >
> > A-6
> >
> > Bill Leppard 5:21*
> >
> > John Lovins 5:06
> >
> > Don DeLoach 4:12
> >
> > Stan Huyge 3:34
> >
> > Roland Solomon 3:14
> >
> > Jerry Murphy 2:36
> >
> > Randy Reynolds 2:24
> >
> >
> >
> > SCLG
> >
> > Rob Romash 36.5 + 36.0*
> >
> > Don DeLoach 30.0 + 29.6
> >
> > Rick Pangell 25.2 + 28.0
> >
> >
> >
> > UCLG
> >
> > Rob Romash 35.4 + 36.7*
> >
>
=== message truncated ===
Kurt Krempetz
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