Huge congrats to Nick and Kurt!
DD
On 10/9/2017 10:33 AM, Kurt Krempetz krempetz_at_yahoo.com
[Indoor_Construction] wrote:
> I agree with Mike's observations. My flights occurred around 8:30 at
> night, air was starting to get good and I was lucky. Wind outside was
> calming down.
>
> The Rantoul site is fantastic site, due to Mike's efforts. He has
> worked hard and its paid off, the air is very consistent regardless of
> extreme conditions at times, which are beyond anyone control.
>
> Also congratulations to Nick Ray, he did a great job!
> Cheers,
> Kurt
>
>
>
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> *From:* "mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net [Indoor_Construction]"
> <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
> *To:* Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Monday, October 9, 2017 9:21 AM
> *Subject:* [Indoor_Construction] Two new records set at Rantoul
>
> Kurt broke the unlimited Catapult launch glider record and Nick Ray
> broke the F1R record.
>
> Kurt's record was impressive given the conditions - the wind outside was
> howling all day on Saturday.
> The wind was 25mph sustained with gusts reported up to 48 mph.
> Despite this, the hangar was quite flyable all day. Not the best
> conditions, but flyable.
> At about 5pm a front came through, it rained and the temperature dropped
> about 20 degrees.
> As the floor was now almost 5 degrees warmer than the air above it, we
> had thermal behavior down low.
> Mostly it was just turbulence - F1Ds would hit it and stall at about 6
> feet.
> Kurt was able to take advantage of this on a few flights and got a very
> nice ground effect on his record flights.
> Other times he'd hit the same turbulence and stall and lose two seconds.
>
> Nick set the record on Sunday, with much nicer conditions.
>
> Looking forward now to next year.
>
> Regards.
> Mike Kirda
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