16.6m tips wanted for Ventus B

Since the first generation Ventus is a ship truly in
need of a pilot's hand on the stick...then even puttng
2X4's on the ends of the wings probably would help.

A couple of comments on this, you should have better
handling with winglets...so comparing them to non-winglet
wingspan is not really meaningful IMHO. I have flown
side by side with both ships flying winglets and the
two different spans. Your crossover sounds about right....80-90
knots is a typical interthermal speed and that is somewhat
of a coin flip.

However the short wings can carry a lot more water...hence
a lot more wingloading...and when this is the case...the
16.6 gets left behind on the glides.

I have done two flights with my new ventus B16.60 (small winglets) last
week-end :
http://planeur.phpnet.org/galerie/pi...418&expand=all
http://planeur.phpnet.org/galerie/pi...415&expand=all
http://planeur.phpnet.org/galerie/pi...416&expand=all

I will test the 15.00 winglets next time !

It looks like there are many version on 16.60 tips : with small wiglets,
with "big" winglets, no winglet, .....

Have fun !

Frederic




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Looking for a set of 16.6m tips for a ventus B.
(No I haven't lost them) :-)

Thanks
Chris

Here is a picture of my Ventus B with 16.6M tips with ASW27A winglets.
It is being flown by the previous owner, Al Macdonald.

http://www.gliderforum.com/photos/sh...&currentpos=22

With the these 16.6M tips it flies better than the 15M with winglets.

Tim

Very cool image in front of the cliff...where is that?
How far away was your wingtip from the granite?

Yes, great pictures, but that sure looks like limestone or dolomite.
No, can't make it to Salida this weekend, back trouble. BH "IU"

Hello,

French Alpes near "Challes les Eaux" (Chambery) in "la Chartreuse"
http://www.csvva.org/alpes.htm

Regards,

Frederic


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Very cool image in front of the cliff...where is that?
How far away was your wingtip from the granite?

Great pictures and all and thanks for the info on how well all your
Vb's go with 16.6m tips, though I was actually hoping to get my hands
on a pair of tips (did I spell that right?) myself.

:-)

Happy flying all.
Chris