I just landed a gem. Another video of Lutz's flight. This one is shorter but much clearer and is his model in descent. The model flies so beautifully.
http://nffsblog.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/video-2-of-lutz-schramm-flight/
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Benjamin Saks <bensaks@...> wrote:
>
> treger got a thermal around 23 min into his 37, but not from steering into
> it.
> lutz was a 39 with not a single steer.
>
> the thermals game is not as everyone has thought. the most activity is at
> the floor, and while you might see a plane go up ten feet in one, you can
> also see the same plane loose ten feet just as easily in the down air. it
> seems that they really do not give much of an advantage.
>
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 11:50 PM, Yuan Kang Lee <ykleetx_at_...> wrote:
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> > **
> >
> >
> > > IMO, the aerodynamically "right" gentleman in 2012 will be whomever
> > achieves the highest times UNaided from steering into thermals.
> >
> > I believe that Schramm had zero steers.
> >
> > Don't know about Treger.
> >
> > Ben, what did you see?
> >
> >
> > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mark F1diddler" <f1diddler@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Yuan Kang Lee" <ykleetx@>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Treger has 5" of separation between stab and wing. So who's right?>>
> > >
> > > And Schram's times are how far back? A few seconds, so far?
> > >
> > > IMO, the aerodynamically "right" gentleman in 2012 will be whomever
> > achieves the highest times UNaided from steering into thermals.
> > >
> > > How to figure that? Don't know...had thought that "air equality" was one
> > big thing that attracted me to indoor.
> > > MB
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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