Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Tow-planes...casting the net a little wider...

Interesting to see what's happening about the place.
This from South Canterbury....
"Our club looked at the Bushman as part of the usual towplane discussion."

Take off Distance

Solo
>100 m
MTOW
>150 m

Rate of Climb

Solo
1400 f.p.m.
Max. gross
1000 f.p.m.


Whereas one of the club's from "across the ditch" are building one of these...


Hornet landing

Climb Rate @ 55-60kmts
1100ft/min
Climb Rate @480kg takeoff weight (prop dependent)
1600ft/min max


Interesting...
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2 comments:

  1. ipearxFebruary 1, 2011 at 9:40 PM

    Here you go, you need one of these:

    http://i.imgur.com/jvgQn.jpg

    Note you'll need a USB port in each glider.

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  2. RebelSoarerFebruary 2, 2011 at 10:03 AM

    good research David

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