tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897183486294807522.post6959042118869835685..comments2024-03-13T02:52:42.134-07:00Comments on Scienceguyorg Ramblings: Applying the Words of Charles Grant to My Model FlyingScienceguyorghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457833204658259656noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897183486294807522.post-35253367162774998212015-12-13T03:14:57.511-08:002015-12-13T03:14:57.511-08:00 I have flown in a small glider contest for a few ... I have flown in a small glider contest for a few years. It is not only small by head count, normally a dozen. The gliders are small also, about one to one and a half meters. The first flight of the day is almost always flown in little to no lift. The first task from a hi start of three minutes was typically the most difficult of the day. I had built a Skeeter from Dynaflight, which is no longer in production. I had gone to great pains to make it as sleak and clean as possible. What I noticed was my plane flew fast and farther with a low sink rate. Yet I could not make time like some of the clunkier designs that just seemed to hang like a ballon. So in our design we must remember it is about duration not distance traveled. If you have a sleak plane you must find lift.Ronnie Espolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05774401183052296360noreply@blogger.com