Short Wings Gliders

On Feb 7, 9:15*am, Derek Copeland wrote:

If you really want a new one design 'World Class' glider I
can't see that adding an extra 0.75 metres to each wing
to bring the span up to 15m is going to add all that much
extra cost, but will give a big improvement in
performance...

Says the man with a 25-foot garage and 30-foot driveway...

On Feb 7, 7:03*pm, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Feb 7, 9:15*am, Derek Copeland wrote:

If you really want a new one design 'World Class' glider I
can't see that adding an extra 0.75 metres to each wing
to bring the span up to 15m is going to add all that much
extra cost, but will give a big improvement in
performance...

Says the man with a 25-foot garage and 30-foot driveway...

hmmmm.......I see where this is going.................if you wanna
play, and you can afford to pay with some sweat equity, then let's
make somthing that an enthusiast can toss together in that foot print.

Brad

Four piece wing perhaps? 13.5m + 2 x 0.75m tips?

Derek Copeland


At 05:07 08 February 2009, Brad wrote:
On Feb 7, 7:03=A0pm, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Feb 7, 9:15=A0am, Derek Copeland wrote:

If you really want a new one design 'World Class' glider I
can't see that adding an extra 0.75 metres to each wing
to bring the span up to 15m is going to add all that much
extra cost, but will give a big improvement in
performance...

Says the man with a 25-foot garage and 30-foot driveway...

hmmmm.......I see where this is going.................if you wanna
play, and you can afford to pay with some sweat equity, then let's
make somthing that an enthusiast can toss together in that foot print.

Brad