Re: No touch LPP flying in Cat I

From: Yuan Kang Lee <ykleetx_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 03:45:49 -0000

The 16:14 is the famous flight by Warren Williams, done at Luther Burbank Middle School.

I have it on my list of things-to-do to visit Mr. Williams and ask him how he did it. I've heard multiple re-telling of the flight, but I'm waiting to hear from the man himself.

Don Deloach owns the Senior record at 9:56. He has told me that it was scrubbing.

I understand that at the EAA contest, the LPPs were flying at about 43' and not scrubbing. Leo won with 9:19.

I don't know exactly how to extrapolate these data points to 22' no touch, but first, I'll ignore the Warren Williams flight. Something like that ain't going to happen.

From Leo's flight, I'm thinking that 6:30 would be a really good no touch 22' flight. We will see.

Will let you all know how we do.

-Kang


--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "John Kagan" <john_kagan@...> wrote:
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> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "calgoddard" <calgoddard@> wrote:
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> > Kang:
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> > The AMA records for LPP for Cat. I ceiling height are:
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> > Junior 7:43
> > Senior 9:56
> > Open 16:14
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> > I am not sure what "open" means. I can't see how some other class of person could do six minutes better than the best senior.
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> Hi Carl,
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> In AMA (United States model aviation governing body) age divisions, Senior is something like 16-18. Open is the equivelant of the FAI "Senior". It gets confusing.
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> 16:14 was a once-in-a-lifetime Cat I flight. That kind of time rarely happens under Cat III!
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> I'd think that 8-10 minutes would be a great no-touch LPP Cat I time, but I'm just guessing.
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Received on Fri Jun 03 2011 - 20:45:57 CEST