Re: PPCC 2012

From: Yuan Kang Lee <ykleetx_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:14:07 -0000

Don,

I believe the Colorado Springs site record for LPP is 10:15, set by Romash in 2007. At least this is what the my copy of MMM records show.

-Kang

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Don DeLoach" <ddeloach@...> wrote:
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> John right. I have oodles of flight records going back to the 1980s from the
> Bedford Cat I site in Texas. It was just under the Cat I limit, and the best
> time we ever did in LPP in there was 9:56 (still the Sr record, with black
> rubber!). the site record for LPP at CS under 37' is 9:12
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> Plenty of other examples, the extra 11 feet of ceiling just about equals the
> elevation detriment.
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> Don
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> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com> , jwfinn_at_ wrote:
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> > Ok Don. I reckon that's comparable to mine. I do about 2 minutes with a
> Spit the same design as yours, same weight, and same prop size, but that's
> under a Cat I ceiling closer to sea level. Never tried it in a higher
> site...
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> > -Joshua
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> I think you're in trouble, Joshua. The altitude is a killer, and even though
> the ceiling is higher, the times - for everything from HLG to F1D - are
> similar to Cat 1 times.
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> There's only one way to know for sure, though: get yourself out there! I
> don't want to speak for anyone, but you'll probably be able to get plenty of
> assistance. Folks are quick to lend a ride, etc. Is Bill Gowen going?
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> The Magnificent Mountain Men put on a heck of a contest.
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