---------------------------------------------------------- Glasair-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 01/19/04: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:11 AM - Re: Need for Speed (N16cd@aol.com) 2. 08:23 AM - Re: Need for Speed (Dj Merrill) 3. 05:38 PM - Re: Need for Speed (N16cd@aol.com) 4. 05:58 PM - Re: Need for Speed (Bruce Gray) 5. 07:19 PM - Re: Need for Speed (Dj Merrill) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:11:19 AM PST US From: N16cd@aol.com Subject: Re: Glasair-List: Need for Speed --> Glasair-List message posted by: N16cd@aol.com After installing a turbo prop engine into a GL111 Bob Gravinsky said:" I didn't get the speed I wanted because of a wing fairing turbulence problem. Not only could I hear the buffeting, I could feel it. The wing fairings for the Glasair line are wrong!!" Reno is more luck than any thing else. A slight mishandling of the controls, bad wake turbulence and what ever will make huge differences in performance. A ten mile straight run will give more accurate results. ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:23:01 AM PST US Subject: Re: Glasair-List: Need for Speed From: Dj Merrill --> Glasair-List message posted by: Dj Merrill On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 11:11, N16cd@aol.com wrote: > Reno is more luck than any thing else. A slight > mishandling of the controls, bad wake turbulence and what ever will make huge > differences in performance. A ten mile straight run will give more accurate results. I know very little about airplane racing, so this should be considered a newbie question. Wouldn't a trangular course be more accurate for measuring overall speed? At least I remember reading something about this when measuring speed with a GPS or similar... It would seem to me that racing is racing, regardless of the vehicle, so mishandling of controls etc is just part of the game. If the pilot, race car driver, sail boat captain, whatever, is really good, they don't make those mistakes. If they do, they lose the race... *smile* -Dj -- Dj Merrill Thayer School of Engineering ThUG Sr. Unix Systems Administrator 8000 Cummings Hall deej@thayer.dartmouth.edu - N1JOV Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 "On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux." -Anonymous ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:38:14 PM PST US From: N16cd@aol.com Subject: Re: Glasair-List: Need for Speed --> Glasair-List message posted by: N16cd@aol.com Everyone knows that the Legacy had engine problems and still beat the GL111 even though running on only four cylinders. ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 05:58:30 PM PST US From: "Bruce Gray" Subject: RE: Glasair-List: Need for Speed --> Glasair-List message posted by: "Bruce Gray" You just can't seem to accept verifiable data can you? Given equal horsepower the Legacy and Glasair III are the same speed. Bruce www.glasair.org -----Original Message----- From: owner-glasair-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-glasair-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of N16cd@aol.com Subject: Re: Glasair-List: Need for Speed --> Glasair-List message posted by: N16cd@aol.com Everyone knows that the Legacy had engine problems and still beat the GL111 even though running on only four cylinders. == == == == ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 07:19:10 PM PST US From: Dj Merrill Subject: Re: Glasair-List: Need for Speed --> Glasair-List message posted by: Dj Merrill N16cd@aol.com wrote: > --> Glasair-List message posted by: N16cd@aol.com > > Everyone knows that the Legacy had engine problems and still beat the GL111 > even though running on only four cylinders. I didn't know about any engine problems (and I at least like to think I am someone... *grin*). Can you post any references to confirm this? -Dj