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1. 01:52 AM - Re: Re: glide ratio (Pat Ladd)
2. 09:14 AM - Re: Re: Pizza wheel wanted (K I)
3. 09:23 AM - Re: glide ratio (EricS)
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That is 4.4 to 1 glide ratio>>
Wow! That stopped prop is a very effective brake.
The only plane I have seen with a worse glide angle was a Dagling. This was
a British copy of a German Zogling and consisted of a single beam with a
seat bolted on one end and a tail on the t`other. There was a slabshaped
high lift wing on a pylon , to which the pilot was strapped.. It was
designed for Primary gliding training, learning to balance the plane in a
wind and Oh Joy finally to get a couple of feet in the air, if you were
lucky, in a downhill slide or a short bungee hop.
My gliding club bought a Dagling in a fit of stupidity (I still have 5
invested in it where ever it is ) and our Chief gliding Instructor decided
to fly it up the normal wire launch. It was the only glider which I have
ever seen launched which beat the parachute on the end of the launch cable
back to the ground..It was never flown again.
Pat
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| Subject: | Re: Pizza wheel wanted |
I'm not sure if you are still looking for a "pizza wheel". I have one on my
Kolb Firestar II. It has some parts left that are not bent or broken. Send
me an email if you need parts. wrk2win4u@msn.com Kurt
From: HShack@aol.com
Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: Pizza wheel wanted
In a message dated 9/23/2012 1:13:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time=2C
gtalexander@att.net writes:
If'n you
can't get the genuine thang from Kolb Aircraft=2C try the wheels for the
little
scooters. 5" dia=2C I think.
I use one of those on my FS II. It is larger than the pizza cutter
in diameter by maybe 1 1/2" and also in width by maybe 1/2".
Yes=3B they come in colors.
There are 2 sizes=3B seems like there is a 100 mm and a 120 mm=3B I used th
e
larger.
They have ball bearings. The axle bore is either 6 mm or 8 mm- can't
remember which..
Had to modify the original tailwheel bracket some=3B a little cutting and
welding was involved.
I got lucky and bought 6 of them at Walmart for $6=2C on sale.
Shack
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Thom Riddle wrote:
> A MkIII with its longer wing probably has a better glide ratio than my Slingshot.
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> After becoming comfortable with any airplane I fly regularly I like to go to
altitude over a relatively long runway to test its engine off glide. Doing this
with my Slingshot resulted in 1,100 fpm descent at best glide speed of 55 mph.
That is 4.4 to 1 glide ratio. Anyone who assumes that the idle power glide
is a good simulation of power off glide will be in for a rude awakening when the
prop stops. At idle power, my descent rate at 55 mph is about 700-800 fpm vs
1,100 fpm with prop stopped.
My numbers are exactly the same in my Firestar II gliding from 7,000 ft. down to
6,000 ft. If it happens unexpectedly I plan to get the nose down, land straight
ahead or nearly so and sacrifice the plane. Especially since I love to fly
low. Sometimes I have to climb to cross power lines!
Eric
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