INAV 117 has a contest report from the 2005 Kibbie Dome Annual, but it
omits the full HLG results. The article does state that Mark did 168.3
with a discus glider so I'll amend the site records to include Mark's time.
On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 1:52 PM Jake Palmer <82.jake_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Kurt,
>
> It looks like this was a typo in INAV 95 where I got the info. Catapult
> glider was reported in a format of minutes and seconds, but HLG was typed
> as seconds. I'm guessing it should have also been minutes and seconds
> (even though this isn't the standard format for gliders), so Bob's actual
> time was 2:26.2, or 146.2 seconds. I'll change that site record for now,
> and I'll need to go back through all of the old results to see if anyone
> has done better than 146.2. Thanks for the tip.
>
> Jake
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 1:40 PM Kurt Krempetz krempetz_at_yahoo.com
> [Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hi Jake,
>>
>> It's great that you have a list. Thank you making it public.
>> Since I mainly fly gliders I took a look at the glider times. I was
>> surprised at the time I saw for HLG, and question whether this is a
>> typo. In 1998 a two flight total of 226.2 would not only be a Kibbie
>> site record but it would also a National Record today. The current AMA
>> record is 209.4 which was set in 2010. I believe in 1998 the National
>> record was around 180 seconds for HLG. So either Bob didn't apply for a
>> national record or the posted time on the spreadsheet is incorrect.
>>
>> Also, I believe in 2005 Mark Benns set an F1N record in the Kibbie
>> dome, I was there that year(it was the Battle of Seattle) and watched him
>> set it with a new concept of tip launching. I don't remember the exact
>> time, but it was around 168 seconds and a historic event for indoor HLG!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kurt
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, June 13, 2018, 11:21:15 AM CDT, Jake Palmer
>> 82.jake_at_gmail.com [Indoor_Construction] <
>> Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I've already compiled a site records list for Kibbie. It's based on all
>> the published results I could find going back to the late 80's.
>> Kibbie Dome Site Records
>> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vJw1xMXWKyqPLPcfs27M2FjrJR-pX16AeDHcyFlxNKU/edit?usp=drive_web>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 9:04 AM Don DeLoach ddeloach_at_comcast.net
>> [Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> I've got a nearly complete spreadsheet of Nats winners. From it you could
>> glean a bunch of site records, mainly ETSU.
>>
>> DD
>>
>> On Jun 13, 2018, at 9:48 AM, don_at_slusarczyk.com [Indoor_Construction] <
>> Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Kurt,
>>
>> My dad and I were discussing that after Kent as well. It is a great idea.
>> I think we can dig up contest results from the past years to start
>> populating a chart for various sites.
>>
>> Don Slusarczyk
>>
>>
>>
>
Received on Wed Jun 13 2018 - 21:03:41 CEST