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ventus C 17.5 versus ls6-18
Which is the better glider ??
Stuart Kinnear |
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At 10:06 05 November 2004, Stuart Kinnear wrote:Which is the better glider ??Stuart KinnearThe one you are sitting in!
Tom Serkowski ASH-26E |
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These are both very rare gliders here in the US, to be sure!
However, if one checks out European gliding championships, the LS-6c 18's (and a few 17.5's) abound and do very well in 18m competitions. For some reason, the US has not caught on to the 18m class. Why is that? (ie. no 18m regional competitions, only one nationals.) J4 "Tom Serkowski" wrote in message ... At 10:06 05 November 2004, Stuart Kinnear wrote:Which is the better glider ??Stuart KinnearThe one you are sitting in! Tom Serkowski ASH-26E |
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John Bojack wrote:
For some reason, the US has not caught on to the 18m class. Why is that? (ie. no 18m regional competitions, only one nationals.) Actually, there was at least one 18M regional contest in the US this year, Region 11 at Minden. It was pretty successful (7 gliders, out of 26 total), and we will no doubt do it again next year. BTW, this contest (and the winner of the 2004 US 18M Nationals) points out a possible reason why 18M racing is not quite as popular as some expected, 15M gliders are very often faster on the same tasks... Marc |
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Marc Ramsey wrote:
John Bojack wrote: For some reason, the US has not caught on to the 18m class. Why is that? (ie. no 18m regional competitions, only one nationals.) Actually, there was at least one 18M regional contest in the US this year, Region 11 at Minden. It was pretty successful (7 gliders, out of 26 total), and we will no doubt do it again next year. BTW, this contest (and the winner of the 2004 US 18M Nationals) points out a possible reason why 18M racing is not quite as popular as some expected, 15M gliders are very often faster on the same tasks... It seems most of the 18 meter gliders in the US are motorgliders (like the DG 800, ASH26 E), and most of the pilots aren't interested in contests. -- Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly Eric Greenwell Washington State USA |
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It seems most of the 18 meter gliders in the US are motorgliders (like
the DG 800, ASH26 E), and most of the pilots aren't interested in contests. In South Africa, the older open class gliders like the Nimbus 2, ASW 17, LAK 12 and Kestrel have been combined with the 18m class. The open class is thus for the ~55:1 gliders (ASW 22, Nimbus 3 and 4's, ASH 25 etc). This makes task setting more appropriate and challenging for the newer open class gliders and fills up the 18m class with gliders with similar performance - and allows the old open class ships to be raced on appropriate tasks. All classes are handicapped on a system that divides the day into a weak, intermediate and strong category and normalised to an ASW 20. Thus on a strong day - gliders with longer wings are not penalised as they do generally not fly faster than the 15m ships - but on weaker days they are handicapped for the benefit of the longer wing. Water ballast performance is used for the strong and intermediate days in the calculations, but the un-ballasted performance is used for the weak days. The determination of the type of day is done after the task based on the speeds of the top finishes. A lot of work has been done by the competition committee to try offer fair competitions for all pilots - no matter what they fly. Clinton Birch LAK 12 |
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the ls6/18 with tips that are unavailable in the US
last seen on Martyn Welles LS-6 at the 1994 UK opens. "Stuart Kinnear" wrote in message ... Which is the better glider ?? Stuart Kinnear |
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"Stuart Kinnear" wrote in message ...
Which is the better glider ?? Stuart Kinnear I haven't seen an answer to your question... but here something... What I've seen is some Ventus Cs on top of national contests... that most count for something!... Ventus C and LS-6Cs Hard to find?... both of them... definitevelly!... that could mean that whoever owns one of those... does not want to get rid of it just yet... good resell value! or short supply?... Good flying... both of them?... oh yeah! Having flown a "C" for a while... I am very happy with mine... runs real good... keeps up with the best... a little hard to thermal right... but it might just be me... extremelly easy to rig and maintain... overall a sweet glider... I personally like it better on 15mtr configuration... climbs better on long tips but I do not feel it runs as good as 15 mtrs. My 2 cents... Regards Enrique KO |
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I don't know, I called Martyn when I bought my LS6c-17.5,
his comment was along the lines that upgrading to the 18m or 15m winglets from the straight 17.5 and 15m tips wouldn't be worth it for the marginal performance gain. At 07:54 14 November 2004, F.L. Whiteley wrote: the ls6/18 with tips that are unavailable in the US last seen on Martyn Welles LS-6 at the 1994 UK opens. 'Stuart Kinnear' wrote in message ... Which is the better glider ?? Stuart Kinnear |
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thanks for that enrique
"E.Mertins" wrote in message om... "Stuart Kinnear" wrote in message ... Which is the better glider ?? Stuart Kinnear I haven't seen an answer to your question... but here something... What I've seen is some Ventus Cs on top of national contests... that most count for something!... Ventus C and LS-6Cs Hard to find?... both of them... definitevelly!... that could mean that whoever owns one of those... does not want to get rid of it just yet... good resell value! or short supply?... Good flying... both of them?... oh yeah! Having flown a "C" for a while... I am very happy with mine... runs real good... keeps up with the best... a little hard to thermal right... but it might just be me... extremelly easy to rig and maintain... overall a sweet glider... I personally like it better on 15mtr configuration... climbs better on long tips but I do not feel it runs as good as 15 mtrs. My 2 cents... Regards Enrique KO |
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