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There were about 1,000 of these nice KA-8 sailplanes built in the early
1960s. Their wing and tail feathers are wood and fabric and the fuselage is steel tubing and fabric. The are still a great entry level glider and fun to fly. I use to own a Ka-6E which was all wood and fabric. It was my first sailplane. http://www.soaridaho.com/photogallery/valley/Ka-6E.jpg http://www.soaridaho.com/photogaller...with_Ka-6E.jpg Wayne HP16 "Six Foxtrot" http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder "Andrew B" wrote in message news ![]() Firstly a correction to my post, the registration should have read G-CJQZ. I understand from a search that it is a Schleicher K8B but I don't know the age. They had four or five various gliders flying when I popped into the viewing car park but as ever my lens struggled to get close enough to any of them as the airfield covers quite a large area. -- Andrew B (Cheshire, England) "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." (Lord Kelvin, president Royal Society, 1895.) "Wayne Paul" wrote in message m... That is a nice old bird!!! Wayne HP14 "Six Foxtrot" http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder |
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The Schreder HP-14 looks a lot more modern and with the pretty great
thermals you must get around there you can probably stay up an awful lot longer than they do at Camphill. It is interesting that so many KA-8's were built though I suspect that there are still quite a few flying in the UK. Just for information the Camphill web site http://www.dlgc.org.uk/ -- Andrew B (Cheshire, England) "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." (Lord Kelvin, president Royal Society, 1895.) "Wayne Paul" wrote in message ... There were about 1,000 of these nice KA-8 sailplanes built in the early 1960s. Their wing and tail feathers are wood and fabric and the fuselage is steel tubing and fabric. The are still a great entry level glider and fun to fly. I use to own a Ka-6E which was all wood and fabric. It was my first sailplane. http://www.soaridaho.com/photogallery/valley/Ka-6E.jpg http://www.soaridaho.com/photogaller...with_Ka-6E.jpg Wayne HP16 "Six Foxtrot" http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder "Andrew B" wrote in message news ![]() Firstly a correction to my post, the registration should have read G-CJQZ. I understand from a search that it is a Schleicher K8B but I don't know the age. They had four or five various gliders flying when I popped into the viewing car park but as ever my lens struggled to get close enough to any of them as the airfield covers quite a large area. -- Andrew B (Cheshire, England) "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." (Lord Kelvin, president Royal Society, 1895.) "Wayne Paul" wrote in message m... That is a nice old bird!!! Wayne HP14 "Six Foxtrot" http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder |
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Andrew,
The HP14 was designed in 1964 and made available in kit form in 1965. Slingsby also built a few. Mine was completed in 1972; however, I didn't build it. It is advertised to have a glide ration of 40 to 1, but I believe mine is only about 36 to 1. It is a metal (aluminum) glider built using flush rivets. So far my best flight is a 300 km triangle flown out of Mackay, Idaho. http://www.soaridaho.com/Flights/6F_Gold_Distance.html http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...tId=1134806661 The GoogleEarth file is located at http://www.soaridaho.com/Flights/GE/Gold_Distance.kmz It is old and will not keep up with the modern composit sailplane; however, I'm having a lots of fun!! Wayne HP14 "Six Foxtrot) http://www.soaridaho.com/ "Andrew B" wrote in message ... The Schreder HP-14 looks a lot more modern and with the pretty great thermals you must get around there you can probably stay up an awful lot longer than they do at Camphill. It is interesting that so many KA-8's were built though I suspect that there are still quite a few flying in the UK. Just for information the Camphill web site http://www.dlgc.org.uk/ -- Andrew B (Cheshire, England) |
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Wayne,
Thank you again for the information, It must have been a great flight to cover that distance. One day I must get around to having a trial flight. Keep having fun and enjoying the spectacular scenery you have there. -- Andrew B (Cheshire, England) "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." (Lord Kelvin, president Royal Society, 1895.) "Wayne Paul" wrote in message ... Andrew, The HP14 was designed in 1964 and made available in kit form in 1965. Slingsby also built a few. Mine was completed in 1972; however, I didn't build it. It is advertised to have a glide ration of 40 to 1, but I believe mine is only about 36 to 1. It is a metal (aluminum) glider built using flush rivets. So far my best flight is a 300 km triangle flown out of Mackay, Idaho. http://www.soaridaho.com/Flights/6F_Gold_Distance.html http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...tId=1134806661 The GoogleEarth file is located at http://www.soaridaho.com/Flights/GE/Gold_Distance.kmz It is old and will not keep up with the modern composit sailplane; however, I'm having a lots of fun!! Wayne HP14 "Six Foxtrot) http://www.soaridaho.com/ "Andrew B" wrote in message ... The Schreder HP-14 looks a lot more modern and with the pretty great thermals you must get around there you can probably stay up an awful lot longer than they do at Camphill. It is interesting that so many KA-8's were built though I suspect that there are still quite a few flying in the UK. Just for information the Camphill web site http://www.dlgc.org.uk/ -- Andrew B (Cheshire, England) |
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