Lee and I had a great time this weekend. It was good to finally get to see
the hanger. A special thanks goes out to Mike Kirda for preparing the
building and retrieving models.
Congratulations to Kurt. I think that record will stand for a while.
On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 5:09 PM, Don DeLoach ddeloach_at_comcast.net
[Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > *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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