No wing runner?

Nah, you guys have all got it wrong! Fly a 1-26!
You will land out far more often, get lots more practice
at no wing runner takeoffs, and you have those big
a$$ tip wheels built in! :-)

Steve Leonard
(Never flown a 1-26, but I learned in a TG-3A)

Steve Leonard wrote:
Nah, you guys have all got it wrong! Fly a 1-26!
You will land out far more often, get lots more practice
at no wing runner takeoffs, and you have those big
a$$ tip wheels built in! :-)

If you land a 1-26 in a space large enough to accomodate a tow plane,
you're doing it all wrong.

--
Michael Ash
Rogue Amoeba Software

On Aug 27, 5:36 am, Steve Leonard
wrote:
Nah, you guys have all got it wrong! Fly a 1-26!
You will land out far more often, get lots more practice
at no wing runner takeoffs, and you have those big
a$$ tip wheels built in! :-)

Steve Leonard
(Never flown a 1-26, but I learned in a TG-3A)

I often wondered about those tip wheels!!

I mean where basic understandings of drag and wing tip airflow even a
consideration in the 1-26.

Regards

Al

wrote:
On Aug 27, 5:36 am, Steve Leonard
wrote:
Nah, you guys have all got it wrong! Fly a 1-26!
You will land out far more often, get lots more practice
at no wing runner takeoffs, and you have those big
a$$ tip wheels built in! :-)

Steve Leonard
(Never flown a 1-26, but I learned in a TG-3A)

I often wondered about those tip wheels!!

I mean where basic understandings of drag and wing tip airflow even a
consideration in the 1-26.

Yes :-)


Shawn

wrote:
On Aug 27, 5:36 am, Steve Leonard
wrote:

Nah, you guys have all got it wrong! Fly a 1-26!
You will land out far more often, get lots more practice
at no wing runner takeoffs, and you have those big
a$$ tip wheels built in! :-)

Steve Leonard
(Never flown a 1-26, but I learned in a TG-3A)


I often wondered about those tip wheels!!

I mean where basic understandings of drag and wing tip airflow even a
consideration in the 1-26.

Regards

Al

Of course not.There were this pair of barn doors and an orange
crate around and ......... :-)
...lew...

Aw, c'mon, guys! You're acting like your ancestors
didn't climb down out of the trees; well, maybe your's
are still up there. What's wrong with heritage gliders?

At 21:43 27 August 2007, Lew Hartswick wrote:
wrote:
On Aug 27, 5:36 am, Steve Leonard
wrote:

Nah, you guys have all got it wrong! Fly a 1-26!
You will land out far more often, get lots more practice
at no wing runner takeoffs, and you have those big
a$$ tip wheels built in! :-)

Steve Leonard
(Never flown a 1-26, but I learned in a TG-3A)


I often wondered about those tip wheels!!

I mean where basic understandings of drag and wing
tip airflow even a
consideration in the 1-26.

Regards

Al

Of course not.There were this pair of barn doors and
an orange
crate around and ......... :-)
...lew...

At 21:43 27 August 2007, Lew Hartswick wrote:
wrote:
On Aug 27, 5:36 am, Steve Leonard
wrote:
Nah, you guys have all got it wrong! Fly a 1-26!
You will land out far more often, get lots more practice
at no wing runner takeoffs, and you have those big
a$$ tip wheels built in! :-)
Steve Leonard
(Never flown a 1-26, but I learned in a TG-3A)
I often wondered about those tip wheels!!
I mean where basic understandings of drag and wing
tip airflow even a
consideration in the 1-26.
Regards
Al
Of course not.There were this pair of barn doors and
an orange
crate around and ......... :-)
...lew...

Nyal Williams wrote:
Aw, c'mon, guys! You're acting like your ancestors
didn't climb down out of the trees; well, maybe your's
are still up there. What's wrong with heritage gliders?

I'm sure you drive a Model T car also. :-)
...lew...

If I had one I would! They were and are fun. Some
people collect them and drive them for a lark -- the
kind of experience you can't get from a new, high-end
car which would doubtless be more comfortable and more
efficient.

At 03:01 28 August 2007, Lew Hartswick wrote:

At 21:43 27 August 2007, Lew Hartswick wrote:
wrote:
On Aug 27, 5:36 am, Steve Leonard
wrote:
Nah, you guys have all got it wrong! Fly a 1-26!
You will land out far more often, get lots more practice
at no wing runner takeoffs, and you have those big
a$$ tip wheels built in! :-)
Steve Leonard
(Never flown a 1-26, but I learned in a TG-3A)
I often wondered about those tip wheels!!
I mean where basic understandings of drag and wing
tip airflow even a
consideration in the 1-26.
Regards
Al
Of course not.There were this pair of barn doors and
an orange
crate around and ......... :-)
...lew...

Nyal Williams wrote:
Aw, c'mon, guys! You're acting like your ancestors
didn't climb down out of the trees; well, maybe your's
are still up there. What's wrong with heritage gliders?

I'm sure you drive a Model T car also. :-)
...lew...

Ahh yes, the pleasures of a sports canopy (open cockpit, to those not
familiar with the breed) 1-26 on a warm summer afternoon, coring a
corn husk - marked thermal, chilling out at cloud base - then barely
making it back to the field after drifting downwind....

Drag, I spit in your face!

Kirk
66

kirk.stant wrote
Drag, I spit in your face!

I fart in your general direction.

Tony "ducking" V.