Hi,
Kent 2006 was a very well run contest. We should
all thank the Cleveland Free Flight Society and the CD
Michael Zand for holding this great event. The
building is a perfect Cat 2 site for gliders. The
ceiling is very close to the Cat 2 limits and the
floor space is huge. The building houses a football
field and there is a full size track around the
football field. It is a great place to fly in. The
air was good honest air, like what I typically see at
Johnson City, Tn. If the AMA was thinking of building
a Cat 2 site at Muncie, I think they should just copy
the Kent Fieldhouse, it would be hard to do any
better.
In standard I was flying a 2.9 gram Time Machine.
The unlimited catapult glider I was flying a modified
Slowpoker that Stan Buddenbohm designed many years
ago. The modified Slowpoker which I am going to call
a Cat-Poker weighed 8.9 grams. I plan to post the
drawing of the Cat-Poker on the amaglider website in
the next couple of weeks.
I was lucky to do what I did. There were some
great glider flyers at this meet. Jim Buxton, Chris
Goins, Bill Gowen, Ken Krempetz, Rob Romash, and Don
Slusarczyk are in my opinion some of the best glider
guys in the US.
Kurt
--- jim buxton <glider902003_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hey all, here is a quick report on the Kent contest
> glider stuff as
> I recall.
>
> In Standard Cat Kurt Krempetz came in and whooped up
> on the locals,
> taking first place a few seconds off the record pace
> thankfully. He
> said he plans to return next year, so a fierce
> battle may up the
> record in 2007. I was second, and Don Slusarczyk
> the budding
> gliderist was third.
>
> In HLG the new glider held together for the win and
> bettered the AMA
> record that stood since 1982. The glider was a
> little heavy, and
> the boom was allot weak. I had to hold back to
> prevent hitting the
> ceiling, and still had to repair the boom every
> third flight or so
> from launch damage. Bill Gowen threw second, and
> Rob `Bode' Romash
> was third. Rob also battled fuselage stiffness
> issues all day.
> Look for a much better performance when he returns
> in 2007.
>
> Although Unlimited Cat was not on the schedule,
> Goins, Gowen and
> Krempetz were al flying it in search of the record,
> which was
> identical in time as the standard record set in the
> same building in
> 2003. Goins was very close to the record, until
> Kurt put up a
> couple of nice flights just over 60 seconds to grab
> the record.
> Hopefully Kurt will post some details here.
>
> So in the end only two of the three glider records
> were improved,
> but with many of the glider guys hooked on the great
> building
> promising to return, I am sure more will be set in
> years to come.
>
> On the rubber side the FAC turnout was notably down,
> with Miller and
> McGillivray absent. The duration guys took up the
> slack though, as
> Jim Richmond was in the house. Don Slusarczyk upped
> the Autogiro
> record with a 10 minute plus flight in a battle with
> Max Z. I
> understand Max had a 13 minute flight unofficially
> that he was
> unable to repeat.
>
> That is about all I know. There is a picture of the
> glider crew in
> the gliders folder. Form left to right are:
> Bill Gowen, Kurt Krempetz, Kurt Krempetz (with
> record setting UCLG),
> Rob Romash, Jim Buxton (wit record setting HLG), and
> Chris Goins.
>
> It was great to get out and fly again rather than
> BS. I had a great
> time.
>
> ~Jim
>
>
>
>
>
Kurt Krempetz
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Received on Mon Apr 24 2006 - 11:46:20 CEST