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At 17:39 25 November 2015, bumper wrote:
On Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 7:32:35 AM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote: On my recent visit to Minden I purchased both the MKIV yaw string and the Quiet Vent.=A0 I'm extremely pleased with both. =20 =20 =20 Hadn't heard about any g-string.=A0 Is that for aerobatic pilots?=A0 What prevents it from drooping?=20 8-)=20 --=20 =20 Dan, 5J Dan, There's been incredible interest in the MK1 Mod-a G-string. It's been in th= e works for years. But lots of bugs and issues. Wife won't let me hire the = models needed to get the kinks sorted out . . . trying to push this further= would doubtless be a dead end for me. This thread was from '09! MKIII . . . ah, the memories :c), been replaced by the MKIV several years b= ack, and the MKIV has had improvements over it's run and should be at least= a MKV or MKVI by now. But then that would mean recertification and all the= associated costs, tests for flight into known icing, firing frozen chicken= s at it, that sort of thing. =20 I seldom get orders direct anymore (except from the wife), MKIV's are mostl= y sold by the major on-line soaring suppliers; Cumulus Soaring, Craggy Aero= , and Wings & Wheels. I've finally hit the big time but will still need cro= wd funding for a suitable corporate jet. Haven't decided if it should be a = sustainer or a self launch. bumper Bumper, my industrial spies are saying that the MKV will be Bluetooth enabled, to better integrate with the modern sailplane avionics suite. I'm sure this will help with the planned obsolesense and market expansion you've been hoping for And then the faded MkI that arrived on the windscreen of my Supercub finally went missing somewhere over the Red Desert of Wyoming. Wildlife Biologists have noted some strange mutation in the tail colours of wild horses there.... Thanks. Curt |
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