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| Wayne Norrie Arranges Monthly Events |
Format of the contest was a ladder of flights starting at 3 minutes and going up at 2 minute intervals. Some people were flying Radian electric gliders and some were using hi-start or electric winch. I brought my Shadow 2 meter glider out after repairing from the last crash. I did a faulty repair job, when the plane was launched someone noticed the canopy fell off on launch. I continued to fly but noticed the wing was not straight when the glider landed, the section of fuselage holding the wing that ripped out on the last crash was coming lose again.
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| Supra Landing |
Turns out there was another guy at the contest flying a Shadow 2-meter but his wing was built from balsa and covered with plastic covering. This plane only used rudder and elevator control while mine is fullhouse. The owner of the Shadow gave me some good suggestions of how to repair my glider with additional fiberglass which I have since done. The real large glider flying was a Supra which flew amazingly well with the longest flight of the contest at over 18 minutes. Dean, the owner of the Supra suggested to me that I put some ballast in my Gentle Lady glider to fly in the wind. This really did help and I was able to ride some thermals to get in my 3 and 5 minute flights but longer flights were elusive for me. At one point the Gentle Lady might have continued to speck height but it was getting far downwind and I did not want to risk not getting back. I was told that gliders like the Supra can change wing settings and go 100 mph upwind if needed.
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| Other Shadow with Balsa Wing |
It sure was good to get out and do some thermal soaring with other pilots and the large birds that were flying over the field also.
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| My Gliders for the Contest |
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| Free Flight DLG Stuck in Tree |
Bill Kuhl
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