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Old November 19th 19, 02:13 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan Daly[_2_]
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Default Kestrel DG200 canopy mod.

On Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 7:30:05 AM UTC-5, James Thomson wrote:
At 08:39 19 November 2019, wrote:


FYI, Kestrels VNE is 250kts.

Vne for Kestrel is 250 kph, 135 knots. Metrication still causing
confusion...


There was a discussion of water ballast vs max weight of non-lifting parts here in 2017:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!to...ng/MGtLQaWwEtU .
It's well worth the read about wing bending moments.