Sorry,
Was speaking about CLG only. Because of drag/wt ratio, there are dozens of neg g's off the launch & thinner air lets decreased g's help offset the increased glide speed.
Having flown EZB in 7000' Lumberjack dome in Flagstaff I totally agree re rubber. Thought it would take a Coupe motor to get it to climb.
BTW the dome is interesting geodesic w/insulation almost flush w/structure & difficult to hangup. Also hard to hit 150' ceiling. Is conveniently close to I-40, I-17. Great site.
Pardon the confusion re climb,
H
To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
From: ddeloach_at_comcast.net
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:19:43 -0600
Subject: RE: [Indoor_Construction] Pikes Peak Ceiling Climb III
Not sure what to say about this. Just come
fly at 6000 ft and see how many National records you set!
Besides, improved climb doesn’t mean squat
in low ceiling indoor where you do everything you can to LIMIT climb (variable
pitch, backoff, etc)
Having said all this it still was a great
contest at which we were all disadvantaged equally!
DD
From: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com [mailto:Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of hermann andresen
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 8:35
PM
To: construction Indoor
Subject: RE: [Indoor_Construction]
Pikes Peak Ceiling Climb III
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,
H
To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
CC: MMMFreeFlight_at_yahoogroups.com
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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