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Hey, no fair.....what about us fat people?

R

On Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 10:24:42 PM UTC-6, Retting wrote:
Hey, no fair.....what about us fat people?

R

Grease you up and we can shove you in! :-)

Steve Leonard

At 05:03 05 January 2018, Steve Leonard wrote:
On Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 10:24:42 PM UTC-6, Retting wrote:
Hey, no fair.....what about us fat people?

R

Grease you up and we can shove you in! :-)

Steve Leonard

Our family had a Ka.6CR-PE, and a Ka.6E between 1968 and 1975.
In order to fit in, I had to have a special instrument panel that had
a pedestal with high leg cut-outs, along with taking the seat back out
and having a chute specially packed in a triangular shape to sit on
top of the gear well. With those mods, I just barely fit in. Steve's
idea may be great for folks that are under 6' tall and can fit into the
standard Ka.6 cockpit, but I don't think that I'd be able to swap
gliders around like he proposes unless all of those gliders had panels
with extra high leg cut outs..... The chute could obviously move from
glider to glider.

RO

Ok Mike and Steve, then well put the "fat" boys in the libelles LOL

So......what is the handicap between "fat pilots" vs. "skinny pilots"? Some days (in a light wingloading glider) the difference in pilot weight can make a big difference in higher speed glide performance.........

"Let the discussion begin!"....... Yes, I represent the light end, sorta sucks back in the old days where I was flying ridges against other pilots that had me by 100+lbs in pilot weight on a "dry contest". I even asked my DR if I could get a medical slip stating I needed access to 20US gallons of liquids to drink every day.....never worked....sigh........

Yes, I was trying to be humorous, likely failed.
For now, the 1-26 class is likely the best "one design" class out there. Yes, I own part of one, still fun to fly it.

On Friday, January 5, 2018 at 7:30:12 AM UTC-6, Michael Opitz wrote:
At 05:03 05 January 2018, Steve Leonard wrote:
On Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 10:24:42 PM UTC-6, Retting wrote:
Hey, no fair.....what about us fat people?

R

Grease you up and we can shove you in! :-)

Steve Leonard

Our family had a Ka.6CR-PE, and a Ka.6E between 1968 and 1975.
In order to fit in, I had to have a special instrument panel that had
a pedestal with high leg cut-outs, along with taking the seat back out
and having a chute specially packed in a triangular shape to sit on
top of the gear well. With those mods, I just barely fit in. Steve's
idea may be great for folks that are under 6' tall and can fit into the
standard Ka.6 cockpit, but I don't think that I'd be able to swap
gliders around like he proposes unless all of those gliders had panels
with extra high leg cut outs..... The chute could obviously move from
glider to glider.

RO

I owned your father's Ka.6CR-PE N-5313 I did my first 300km FAI triangle in it. Lovely glider. I really enjoyed looking at the log books. In fact, the guy who signed me off for my glider rating was signed off by your Dad.

At 00:44 07 January 2018, C2 wrote:
On Friday, January 5, 2018 at 7:30:12 AM UTC-6, Michael Opitz
wrote:
At 05:03 05 January 2018, Steve Leonard wrote:
On Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 10:24:42 PM UTC-6, Retting
wrote:
Hey, no fair.....what about us fat people?

R

Grease you up and we can shove you in! :-)

Steve Leonard

Our family had a Ka.6CR-PE, and a Ka.6E between 1968 and
1975.
In order to fit in, I had to have a special instrument panel that
had
a pedestal with high leg cut-outs, along with taking the seat
back out
and having a chute specially packed in a triangular shape to sit
on
top of the gear well. With those mods, I just barely fit in.
Steve's
idea may be great for folks that are under 6' tall and can fit into
the
standard Ka.6 cockpit, but I don't think that I'd be able to swap
gliders around like he proposes unless all of those gliders had
panels
with extra high leg cut outs..... The chute could obviously move
from
glider to glider.

RO

I owned your father's Ka.6CR-PE N-5313 I did my first 300km FAI
triangle in
it. Lovely glider. I really enjoyed looking at the log books. In fact,
the
guy who signed me off for my glider rating was signed off by your
Dad.


Dad brought N5313 in from Germany. It had been owned by an
aerobatic pilot who also had a Lo-100. We had that glider for 2
years in 1967 and 1968. I was able to make my Gold distance /
Diamond Goal with it on an O&R from Wurtsboro in July of 1968.
Until just a year or so ago, we thought that it had been totaled by
Dick Treadwell back in the early 1970's. We didn't realize that it had
been rebuilt down in FL after the wreck, and then sold on to the
mid-west.... We really liked the glider, but when Dad's old adjutant
in Germany decided to upgrade from his Ka.6E to a Libelle, Dad
decided to grab the E and sell the CR.

RO