Hi Bill,
Thanks for the useful information; very
interesting. I hope to see you at Kent. Dad and I
plan to arrive Friday evening, if you or any others
are interested in going out to dinner Friday or
Saturday night, let me know.
Kurt
--- Bill Gowen <b.gowen_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
> Kurt
> Don's answer is correct. It's a modification to the
> same glider I flew at Kent last year. The wing has
> been shortened for shipping purposes and winglets
> added. It has a new fuse similar to the old one
> except 2" longer nose and a removable wing mounted
> on foam. Also the carbon tow wing reinforcing was
> removed and replaced with two unicarbon strips top
> and bottom, one of which is full span. It will take
> a lot of velocity now.
>
> BTW, until this round of modifications this glider
> was a Slow Poker scaled up to 100 sq. in. and built
> pretty much to Stan's plan except for the fuse
> construction. It was my first flapped all wood
> glider and has been flown hundreds of times over
> about a 3 year period. It just keeps getting better.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kurt Krempetz
> To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 4:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] " Pikes Peak
> Ceiling Climb" Colorado Springs Indoor results
>
>
> Hi Don,
>
> Thanks for the report. Congratulations to Bill
> Gowen on his excellent glider flying,.... setting
> two
> site records! Some very impressive times. Was Bill
> throwing discus or javilin style in HLG?
>
> Kurt
>
> --- Don DeLoach <ddeloach_at_comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Magnificent Mountain Men
> >
> >
> >
> > "Pikes Peak Ceiling Climb"
> >
> >
> >
> > Cat II National Cup Challenge & F1D Regional
> > Qualifier
> >
> >
> >
> > 24-25 March, 2007
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks to our sponsors: Tim Goldstein of
> www.F1D.biz
> > <http://www.f1d.biz/>
> > (donated several prizes) and Brian Eberwein of
> > www.mountainmodels.com
> > <http://www.mountainmodels.com/> (donated balsa
> for
> > prizes at a reduced
> > cost). Also we would like to thank two
> individuals
> > who stepped up with
> > donations for site rental though they were not
> > contestants: Mel Gray ($20)
> > and John Lovins ($10).
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > HLG
> >
> > 1st Rob Romash 37.5+34.7
> > 72.2
> >
> > 2nd Bill Gowen 35.9+33.1
> > 69.0
> >
> > 3rd Don DeLoach 34.3+32.8
> > 67.1
> >
> > 4th Todd Reynolds 33.8+32.3
> > 66.1
> >
> > 5th Bob Miller 33.7+31.2
> > 64.9
> >
> > 6th Mark Covington 32.8+30.0
> > 62.8
> >
> > 7th Randy Reynolds 27.5+27.4
> > 54.9
> >
> > 8th Roland Solomon 24.7+24.2
> > 48.9
> >
> > 9th Neil Myers 22.9+20.5
> > 43.4
> >
> >
> >
> > Standard Catapult
> >
> > 1st Bill Gowen 38.0+38.6
> > 76.6*
> >
> > 2nd Bob Miller 35.9+34.2
> > 70.1
> >
> > 3rd Rob Romash 34.3+34.1
> > 68.4
> >
> > 4th Todd Reynolds 27.2+26.8
> > 54.0
> >
> > 5th Mark Covington 25.7+25.1
> > 50.8
> >
> > 6th Don DeLoach 25.0+24.5
> > 49.5
> >
> >
> >
> > Unlimited Catapult
> >
> > 1st Bill Gowen 42.3+42.4
> > 84.7*
> >
> > 2nd Mark Covington 36.0+35.8
> > 71.8
> >
> > 3rd Bob Miller 35.5+35.2
> > 70.7
> >
> > 4th Rob Romash 35.1+35.2
> > 70.3
> >
> > 5th Roland Solomon 30.5+28.9
> > 59.4
> >
> > 6th Todd Reynolds 29.5+24.5
> > 54.0
> >
> > 7th Don DeLoach 26.1+25.7
> > 51.8
> >
> > 8th Randy Reynolds 15.7+0
> > 15.7
> >
> >
> >
> > Unlimited Catapult -Junior
> >
> > 1st Demetri Collins 6.6+8.0
> > 14.6
> >
> > 2nd Jamie Collins 5.3+5.1
> > 10.4
> >
> >
> >
> > Limited Pennyplane
> >
> > 1st Rob Romash
> > 8:15
> >
> > 2nd Jerry Murphy
> > 7:07
> >
> > 3rd Bill Gowen
> > 6:59
> >
> > 4th Tom Sova
> > 6:57
> >
> > 5th Pete Steinmeyer
> > 6:02
> >
> > 6th Frank Deis
> > 5:48
> >
> > 7th Bill Leppard
> > 2:09
> >
> > 8th Chuck Etherington
> > 0:07
> >
> >
> >
> > Pennyplane/F1M Combo
> >
> > 1st Bill Leppard PP
>
=== message truncated ===
Kurt Krempetz
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