Duckhawk: a real chance of winning US 15m nationals....

I am really impressed! Leading the event after steadily ascending the ranking list all week. Any news on live "in the air" performance vs. traditional gliders? Running fast/slow, ridge, climbing, etc?

I understand that this is the Duckhawks very first contest. Winning (Jerzy aside) the nationals "out of the box" would be incredible.

Sean F2

On May 20, 10:00*pm, "Sean Fidler (F2)" wrote:
I am really impressed! *Leading the event after *steadily ascending the ranking list all week. *Any news on live "in the air" performance vs. traditional gliders? *Running fast/slow, ridge, climbing, etc?

I understand that this is the Duckhawks very first contest. *Winning (Jerzy aside) the nationals "out of the box" would be incredible.

Sean F2

Sean just to be precise, . "Leading the event", the way I see it
ASG-29-15 is first with Jerzy at the controls (XG) so you can't really
say that Duckhawk is leading the event. It sure must be a good glider
but the pilot is the key.

Fully agree! Jerzy is at a different level. But the DH seems to be trending very positively since early in the contest.

Will DH be at worlds?

At 02:37 21 May 2012, Andrzej Kobus wrote:
On May 20, 10:00=A0pm, "Sean Fidler (F2)" wrote:
I am really impressed! =A0Leading the event after =A0steadily ascending
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he ranking list all week. =A0Any news on live "in the air" performance
vs.
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traditional gliders? =A0Running fast/slow, ridge, climbing, etc?

I understand that this is the Duckhawks very first contest. =A0Winning
(J=
erzy aside) the nationals "out of the box" would be incredible.

Sean F2

Sean just to be precise, . "Leading the event", the way I see it
ASG-29-15 is first with Jerzy at the controls (XG) so you can't really
say that Duckhawk is leading the event. It sure must be a good glider
but the pilot is the key.

Ooooichh

I wonder how it would do on the Appalachians.

Boggs

Frank's reports on Soaring Cafe seem to indicate that from a purely subjective standpoint while flying with the Duckhawk it is right with the Ventus 2's and ASW-27/29-15's.

Have you ordered one yet Sean??

On Sunday, May 20, 2012 9:00:16 PM UTC-5, Sean Fidler (F2) wrote:
I am really impressed! Leading the event after steadily ascending the ranking list all week. Any news on live "in the air" performance vs. traditional gliders? Running fast/slow, ridge, climbing, etc?

I understand that this is the Duckhawks very first contest. Winning (Jerzy aside) the nationals "out of the box" would be incredible.

Sean F2

On May 20, 11:23*pm, Tony wrote:
Frank's reports on Soaring Cafe seem to indicate that from a purely subjective standpoint while flying with the Duckhawk it is right with the Ventus 2's and ASW-27/29-15's.

Note that the Duckhawk is designed for better high speed
performance... A lot of guys flying around dry or partial water isn't
a great comparison. Wait to see it out west... then we'll know.

2C

Agreed. Im not writing any checks until it wins the worlds ;-). lol!

On Sunday, May 20, 2012 11:56:47 PM UTC-4, Kevin Christner wrote:
On May 20, 11:23*pm, Tony wrote:
Frank's reports on Soaring Cafe seem to indicate that from a purely subjective standpoint while flying with the Duckhawk it is right with the Ventus 2's and ASW-27/29-15's.

Note that the Duckhawk is designed for better high speed
performance... A lot of guys flying around dry or partial water isn't
a great comparison. Wait to see it out west... then we'll know.

2C

Well if Frank said he doesn't fit then I dobut I can...

JP

Well the score summary is up on the SSA website, so they must not be flying today. Congrats to Chip and the Duckhawk team for taking home the trophy.