Super fast assembly and launch...

Ralph, that is too funny! I'm going to have to add a third
corollary ...

And if it's a dozen club members out to assemble the club two seater,
it'll take the whole day,

Maybe it's not such a good idea to add more help to put my ship
together.

Kevin

On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:59:04 -0800 (PST), bildan
wrote:
[snip]

Some of the oldtimers may recall that contest re-lights used to be
allowed after a nearby off-field landing and a lightning fast
retrieve. Crews actually practiced this sort of thing so they could
get their pilot re-launched before the start gate closed.

I did one while crewing for Bill Ivans and his Sisu 1A at the 1964
Nationals at McCook, Nebraska. It went like this:

I saw one done with somewhat different motivation, when a pilot not to
be named (though now deceased) flew an Astir under the Rio Grande
Gorge Bridge at Taos. His family was waiting on the plateau with the
trailer ready, and they were out of there in fifteen minutes.

The sheriff's office is twenty minutes away...

rj

On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:49:45 -0800 (PST), KevinFinke
wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huk_WOxk1oc

After seeing this video, I think I'm going to try and recruit 5 people
to help me assemble my ship instead of just one....

In my experience, if two people can rig a ship in fifteen minutes,
five can do it in an afternoon.

rj