Mini LAK

On Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 11:24:06 PM UTC-8, krasw wrote:
sunnuntai 18. helmikuuta 2018 2.25.19 UTC+2 kirjoitti:
Does anyone have any experience, knowledge or opinion on the headwind penetration capabilities of the Mini-LAK without the FES. The manufacture advertises a 45/1 L/D with very light 13.5 meter wings. Appreciate any feedback. Thanks.

45/1? The best 15m gliders can barely touch that figure (talking about real world, not brochures), taking 10% off span does not exactly help. Germans have given MiniLAK same handicap as LS4, which does not contradict things I have heard about performance. But why would anyone fly this wihtout FES? At 35 kg/m2 wingloading "penetration capability" is about same as with paper bag.


It doesn't seem right at first, but when you look at the ship it's not a 15m ship with the wings clipped to 13.5, it's a 90% scale model of one!