I originally thought that improved times were possible _at_ SL, but that ignores the improvement in climb with thin air. Actually cold actually helps because viscosity decreases (opposite of liquids) which helps both climb & glide.
One's Opinion,
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From: ddeloach_at_comcast.net
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:16:45 -0600
Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Pikes Peak Ceiling Climb III
It was a terrific day, with 22 paid flyers. The biggest
indoor meet in MMM history (though several regular flyers were not there).
Bill Gowen won ULCG with a best flight of 44+ and two 45+
unofficials. This was a really outstanding performance by Bill; it smashed his
own site record from 2007. This morning when I drove Bill to the airport I
opined that a :45 would probably equal 49-50 seconds at sea level. That would
be a .75 to .72 ft/second sink rate!
Todd “The Arm” Reynolds won HLG; Romash and “Alfons”
won SCLG. Times in these weren’t remarkable (34-36s).
Kagan won the F1D regional easily with 2x 18:00+. Romash
dominated F1L with a new site record. Romash also won EZB and LPP. Gowen scored
another site record in A-6 with 5:39.
Grand Champ was really close. Romash pipped Gowen by only
one point, 20 to 19. Gowen barely got second in F1M and did not score any
points in SCLG, otherwise he would’ve won.
Rgds
Don D.
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