Jim Payne set a two records (one new) yesterday - in a NIXUS

[2G]

What the hell is a Nixus?

https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=7846872

Tom

[[email protected]]

On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:10:51 AM UTC-5, 2G wrote:
> What the hell is a Nixus?
>
> https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=7846872
>
> Tom

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2236661526587915

[Mike the Strike]

On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 7:21:19 AM UTC-7, wrote:
> On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:10:51 AM UTC-5, 2G wrote:
> > What the hell is a Nixus?
> >
> > https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=7846872
> >
> > Tom
>
> https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2236661526587915

For anyone unfamiliar with this machine, it's the fuselage of an ASH-30 with new 28m 53.3/1 aspect ratio wings that use electric fly-by-wire full span flaperons.

Mike

[MNLou]

For some reason, the Free Triangle distance record was "only" 245.22 miles.

Dick Andrews and I made an attempt at breaking this record in MN on May 30.

We ended up 38 miles short. We won't be able to touch the new record out of MN.

Congratulations to Jim and Alan!

Lou

[jfitch]

On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 7:35:48 AM UTC-7, Mike the Strike wrote:
> On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 7:21:19 AM UTC-7, wrote:
> > On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:10:51 AM UTC-5, 2G wrote:
> > > What the hell is a Nixus?
> > >
> > > https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=7846872
> > >
> > > Tom
> >
> > https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2236661526587915
>
> For anyone unfamiliar with this machine, it's the fuselage of an ASH-30 with new 28m 53.3/1 aspect ratio wings that use electric fly-by-wire full span flaperons.
>
> Mike

A tip on the Nixus - if you are standing around when they want to assemble it, put your hands in your pockets and run away. It redefines what "heavy" means in a wing panel. But a very interesting machine.

[Dan Marotta]

So that's where Tom Bjork sold his ASH-30 mi.Â* When I asked who bought
it he said that he'd signed a non disclosure agreement.Â* I flew that
ship a bunch as Tom's PIC since, due to illness, he needed a backup.Â* I
miss him...

On 6/11/2020 8:21 AM, wrote:
> On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:10:51 AM UTC-5, 2G wrote:
>> What the hell is a Nixus?
>>
>> https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=7846872
>>
>> Tom
> https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2236661526587915

--
Dan, 5J

[Wyll Surf Air]

To my knowledge, the Nixus fuselage was purchased directly from schempp-hirth. I'm guessing that the ASH-30 you are talking about was probably sold to one of the many companies taking open class gliders, chopping them up, and making high altitude drones out of them. An NDA sounds like just the type of thing they might ask for.

Wyll

On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 5:00:39 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
> So that's where Tom Bjork sold his ASH-30 mi.Â* When I asked who bought
> it he said that he'd signed a non disclosure agreement.Â* I flew that
> ship a bunch as Tom's PIC since, due to illness, he needed a backup.Â* I
> miss him...
>
> --
> Dan, 5J

[Dave Nadler]

On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:08:21 PM UTC-4, Wyll Surf Air wrote:
> To my knowledge, the Nixus fuselage was purchased directly from schempp-hirth.

No, Nixus has an ASH-30 (Schleicher) fuselage.

[[email protected]]

Related to Pez D. Spencer's "Lingus"? ;-)

[Wyll Surf Air]

On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 6:32:59 PM UTC-7, Dave Nadler wrote:
> On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:08:21 PM UTC-4, Wyll Surf Air wrote:
> > To my knowledge, the Nixus fuselage was purchased directly from schempp-hirth.
>
> No, Nixus has an ASH-30 (Schleicher) fuselage.

Your right, brain fart on my part. Either way, it was purchased directly from the manufacturer.

[xcnick]

And the day could have been better. There was the point they called Serge on high in his heavy only to find out there were no clouds on the Whites. However they got 'er done when lesser men turned back.

https://youtu.be/5xlXOZqcgVc

[Sergio]

https://youtu.be/6j_4Gowtn_c

[Morgan[_2_]]

Nixus is not using Tom's fuselage, his glider was purchased by a local company. Some kind of drone type application, though I don't know the specifics. Only that I saw the trailer and got excited that someone had bought the glider. But alas, it will serve another purpose.

Morgan

On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 5:00:39 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
> So that's where Tom Bjork sold his ASH-30 mi.Â* When I asked who bought
> it he said that he'd signed a non disclosure agreement.Â* I flew that
> ship a bunch as Tom's PIC since, due to illness, he needed a backup.Â* I
> miss him...
>
> On 6/11/2020 8:21 wrote:
> > On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:10:51 AM UTC-5, 2G wrote:
> >> What the hell is a Nixus?
> >>
> >> https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=7846872
> >>
> >> Tom
> > https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2236661526587915
>
> --
> Dan, 5J

[Dan Marotta]

Yes, I was mistaken.Â* I dug through my pictures and saw that his had
Sierra Foxtrot on the tail and the one that Jim flew had something else
(SA?).

On 6/13/2020 11:15 AM, Morgan wrote:
> Nixus is not using Tom's fuselage, his glider was purchased by a local company. Some kind of drone type application, though I don't know the specifics. Only that I saw the trailer and got excited that someone had bought the glider. But alas, it will serve another purpose.
>
> Morgan
>
> On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 5:00:39 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
>> So that's where Tom Bjork sold his ASH-30 mi.Â* When I asked who bought
>> it he said that he'd signed a non disclosure agreement.Â* I flew that
>> ship a bunch as Tom's PIC since, due to illness, he needed a backup.Â* I
>> miss him...
>>
>> On 6/11/2020 8:21 wrote:
>>> On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:10:51 AM UTC-5, 2G wrote:
>>>> What the hell is a Nixus?
>>>>
>>>> https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=7846872
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>> https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2236661526587915
>> --
>> Dan, 5J

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Dan, 5J