Definitly a "classy" aircraft Caleb and at your age none better to fly a chick in :-) BTW where is the trim lever in yours? :-)
Regards Chris McDonnell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caleb White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 6 April 2005 12:52 PM Subject: Re: Re: [Aus-soaring] World Class Glider > But there is a World Class Two-Seater! > > It's called a shortwing Kookaburra... > > Caleb > > Kooka 45 > > KPST > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Soaring in Australia." <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 12:14:50 +1000 > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] World Class Glider > > On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 11:23 +1000, Peter Creswick wrote: > > In essence, I wonder if the whole idea of a world class single seater > > is viable to begin with. Would it not be more sensible to have a > > world class two seater ? I admit that at first thought it might be > > considered a heretical idea, but let's give it a run as a > > hypothetical. Comments ? > > Peter > > I think the concept of a world class glider was probably good, the > execution, as is visible in the form of the PW 5, was terrible. There > have been some useful suggestions as to how that bad decision might have > been avoided. > > If a reasonable performance single seat glider, backed by a worldwide > comp system, was available at a good price, then I think the idea would > work. The design should also include a one man rig trailer and (if > possible) provision for self launching (as I too think that this will > dominate the future of gliding). > > Reasonable performance is of course in the eye of the beholder. My > thoughts are 40:1 or better max L/D, but with a modern aerofoil giving a > good performance at 80 kts. > > A world class two seater is an interesting idea. We certainly need a > good, low cost two seater to replace our ageing ab initio fleet. If > there were a worldwide 2 seater comp to back it - as this is what would > drive its adoption worldwide and allow economies of scale to be reached > - then the idea could work well for us. > > With today's aerofoils and materials, I think an acceptable XC > performance could be achieved whilst still keeping handling and strength > in the sweet spot for ab initio training. > > Again, I would suggest the rules should specifically require a 2 man rig > trailer and stipulate provision for a self launching option. > > -- > Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +61 (0)438 385 533 > Brisbane, Australia http://www.hart.wattle.id.au > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
