Hi,
Actually my 76 year old Dad had another flight that
was 27 seconds, it was an offical flight, but for some
reason when the score were tabuated it was missed. He
had a 24 gram model that he could get up to about
45ft, the transition was poor and he didn't have
enough time to trim it out, he put in most of his TLG
flights in with only 5 minutes or so left in the
event.
Kurt
--- jim buxton <glider902003_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Any AMA Cat II records broken at Kent State?
> >
> You asked...here is the glider report. As far as I
> know no other
> records were broken up to about 6:00 when I left.
> Perhaps someone
> can let us know if anything interesting happend in
> the evening...
> ~Jim
>
> Competition close, but times disappoint.
>
> The Showdown at Kent was close once again.
> The Fieldhouse was very warm and humid this year, it
> was 88 degrees
> inside. Overall attendance was down due to:
> A) Gas prices
> B) First nice weather day of 2008 for Ohio
> C) Toledo Weak Signals show being held the same
> weekend
> D) All of the above?
>
> Nonetheless in the glider events Rob Romash, Kurt
> and Ken Krempetz
> and myself were all ready to go.
>
> Early tests with my new big glider looked good.
> Pretty early I was
> doing 53 second test flights with room on top. Rob
> showed up with
> his fleet and was in the same range. A failed
> rudder joint on one of
> my flights spelled disaster and caused wing damage
> upon impact. I
> repaired the new one, but never got it back to where
> I wanted it.
>
> Rob also struggled with his new glider "BEYOGFOP".
> We both tried to
> sort out our fleet from 7:30 until about 10:00. At
> that point
> neither of us were happy with our times and took a
> break to fly
> catapult.
>
> The Krempetz duo of Ken and Kurt (the elder Father
> and son) had a
> good battle going in Unlimited Catapult. They ended
> .3 seconds off
> each other's times! Kurt was on top with a 106.6 to
> Ken's 106.3 two-
> flight total. Rob went chasing them with his
> unlimited catapult,
> finally besting Kurt with a 110.1 to move into
> first.
>
> I did not bring any unlimited catapults so I went up
> with my Standard
> catapult. Kurt had already put up some nice flights
> with a 51.0 and a
> 52.7 for a 103.7. I was flying my five-year-old
> model that set the
> record with a two flight total of 111. Over the
> years the model had
> gained weight (as we all seem to). I put it on a
> lightening routine
> and removed about .3 grams from the weight it was in
> 2003.
>
> After sorting out some launch problems that were my
> fault, (I forgot
> cat II gliders need a more shallow and baking launch
> than cat IV) I
> got it going well. At 2.8 grams it could barely get
> to the ceiling,
> which is the first thing you need to do. I was
> pleasantly surprised
> with two final `go for broke flights" of 54.5 and
> 55.1 to move into
> first overall with a 109.6
>
> I decided that with those kind of times I may as
> well fly my 12"
> glider in unlimited as well. After a couple blown
> "greedy" launches
> I got it grooved again and fired up a 55.4 and a
> 56.4. Those
> actually upped my own record with the Standard
> Catapult glider by .8
> seconds. It was also just enough to edge Rob for
> first place, with
> my 111.8 to his 110.1, but the edging was not over.
>
> At this point we had less than ten minutes left
> before glider was
> over. I yelled to Rob "we need to get some HLG
> flights in!" We both
> grabbed our gliders and put up one test flight and
> started hurling
> for officials as time was running out. We stopped
> to check each
> other after I had seven of my nine in and Rob had 5
> of his nine. We
> had to do the math. At that point I was holding a
> 53.7 and a 51.8
> for 105.5. Rob had a 53.1 and a 52.3 for a 105.4!!!
>
>
> Time was expiring, but we decided to fly until we
> were out of flights
> or we got stopped. Kurt Krempetz had joined the
> fray as well
> launching his Tip Launch Glider with us. It was
> quite a flurry of
> activity!
>
> In his final three Rob put up a clutch 54.0 to take
> the lead by a
> second and a half. I had a 51.4 on my 8th launch,
> which did not help
> my total. It was down to my ninth launch again to
> try to push Romash
> out of First. I had to throw for the ceiling, which
> is a real
> possibility and instant doom in a Cat II building.
> Rob was harassing
> me just as he did in 2007. The launch felt great
> and looked good
> going up…I may have done it! But a large stall,
> followed by a tail
> slide? My previously damaged nose had departed the
> glider on
> launch. The glider did a falling leaf routine to
> the middle of the
> floor in 16.6 seconds. The flight would count as
> zero thanks to
> having a dropped part, but that was not important.
> In the rematch of
> the Clash in Kent it was Rob edging me for a well
> deserved win in
> HLG. Neither of us got close to the FAI record, or
> our flights form
> last year. We decided to blame it on the air
> instead of our arms or
> the gliders. There is always next year…we hope.
>
> Results:
> Standard Catapult
> 1) Jim Buxton 55.1 + 54.5=109.6
> 2) Kurt Krempetz 52.7+51.0=103.7
> 3) Don Slusarczyk 48.0+47.9=95.9
> 4) Ken Krempetz 36.9+35.7=72.6
>
> Unlimited Catapult
> 1) Jim Buxton 56.4+55.4=111.8
> 2) Rob Romash 55.4+54.7=110.1
> 3) Kurt Krempetz 53.9+52.7=106.6
> 4) Ken Krempetz 54.5+51.8=106.3
>
> Hand Launched Glider
> 1) Rob Romash 54.0+53.1=107.1
> 2) Jim Buxton 53.7+51.8=105.5
> 3) Kurt Krempetz 39.8+39.6=79.4*
> 4) Ken Krempetz 24.0+6.03**
> *flying Tip launch
> **first place in the over 70 years old category,
> nice flying with a
> 24 second flight!
>
>
>
>
>
Kurt Krempetz
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