The best launch I saw was two person - A tall guy holding the stick and a girl holding the glider at the floor. The ramp holders did not stretch the rubber out enough to get the height required. There was one other young kid who had the arm length and was doing good launches.
I think the flappers were getting the best height, but I wasn't watching every flight...
Regards.
Mike Kirda
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, William Gowen <wdgowen@...> wrote:
>
> 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_... 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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