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May 23rd 13, 10:02 PM
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Slow News Day
On Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:47:56 PM UTC-6, Ralph Jones wrote:
What Steve said. I'd estimate the rope tension at around 25 pounds. On Thu, 23 May 2013 10:31:22 -0700 (PDT), Evan Ludeman wrote: More slow news, this is hilarious. http://framework.latimes.com/2013/05...hed-sailplane/ This has to be a hoax. Fun though. T8 Maybe 25 pounds for level flight at best L/D but in the photo the glider is climbing. If the Baby's GW is 550 lbs and it's climbing at 1fps, that that alone equals one HP. (1 HP = 550 ft-lb-sec) Most likely, it's climbing at 5fps. For winch launch, rope tension is typically equal to the glider's flying weight. 
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