Re: Re: Upcoming Contests

From: William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:41:48 -0400

Not only is it a big jump to go from a Cat 1 site to a high Cat 3 - a
glider for the Cat 3 site will be totally unsuitable for a Cat 1 site.
The National event is being held in a Cat 1 site.

As a side note I haven't seen any trick gliders or launching systems
performing well so far. Does anyone know if this is happening?

On 4/25/2013 10:20 AM, mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net wrote:
>
> Hi Eric.
>
> I literally have no idea. My guess is in the 40 second range for the
> top few, but if that is 40 or 49 is anyone's guess. I was checking in
> teams for the events, not timing.
>
> What I can tell you is that at least two folks had their gliders
> dialed in pretty well, taking advantage of 70-80% of the height
> available. Most were not getting that high. I think that there is a
> big jump going from 20-30 foot ceilings to 90+. I'm not really a
> glider guy, but I do appreciate watching them. I may well build
> one/two for Urbana this year.
>
> Regards.
> Mike Kirda
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>, Erik Bock
> <joorgawt_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > What kind of times were the gliders getting at the science o event?
> >
>
>
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