Hi Bill,
Well, I am making some progress, two steps
forward one flying session, one step backward the
next. What I flew last Thursday night was a scaled
down version of my Round-a-bout. It is a 18"
wingspan; 4gram glider that I can get close to the
ceiling. Transitions are insconsistant; probably
every 100 throws I get a perfect one.
Throwing discus is a lot easier on the body but
if I was going to a contest tomorrow I think I would
do better with my Javilin models.
Kurt
--- Bill Gowen <b.gowen_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
> So how did it go Kurt?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: LeRoy C Cordes
> To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 12:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Re: DLG
>
>
> It was impressive last Thursday, up at Racine,
> watching Kurt Krempetz
> getting the hang of DLG (Pun Intended). Really
> looks pretty effortless.
>
> LeRoy Cordes
> AMA 16974
> Chicago, IL
> In God We Trust
>
> On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:46:48 -0000 "rreyno2001"
> <rreyno_at_earthlink.net>
> writes:
> > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com,
> "Bill Gowen"
> > <b.gowen_at_...> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'll let Chris answer this but in general low
> ceiling indoor
> > gliders launch and glide in the same direction
> because of space
> > limitations in the usual flying sites.
> > >
> >
> > Ok, I can see that as long as you don't run into
> transition
> > difficulties.
> >
> > Following a thin bit of logic here while not
> wanting to be
> > contentious: Chris, you're suggesting that very
> light gliders using
> >
> > the DLG technique could be transitioned to a
> higher relative
> > altitude than their JLG cousins if I have your
> point. That would be
> >
> > a good thing.
> >
> > However if you need to add tip re-enforcment and
> balancing it with a
> >
> > heavier opposite tip, then we no longer have as
> light a glider as a
> >
> > JLG without the added structure. Not to say that
> it can't happen
> > because I would like to participate in seeing
> how it goes.
> >
> > In our 37-39' flying site, I can't get enough
> height with a 7-8 gram
> >
> > flapper glider (65 year-old arm) and
> consistently come up probably 8
> >
> > feet short. With a 10-11 gram flapper I can
> likely get there with
> > more practice and the right airplane. I'm hoping
> that a lighter DLG
> >
> > could be the answer to get in the range of the
> site record which is
> >
> > close to 40 seconds.....this is at nearly 7000'
> altitude by the
> > way.
> >
> > Interesting how DLG even in the indoor world is
> having an energizing
> >
> > effect for HLG!
> >
> > Regards, Randy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> LeRoy Cordes
> AMA 16974
> Chicago, IL
> In God We Trust
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
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>
>
Kurt Krempetz
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