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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... |
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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 |
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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 |
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