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Trying for a Diamond Goal tommorow - water ballast question
Ditto what others have said... Dinking around with water is a surefire
way to waste a boatload of time. Concentrate on prep and other flying stuff... You'll be glad you did. Larry "zero one" "Scott Alexander" wrote in message : The forecast tommorow looks fantastic down here in Memphis! Looks like perfect conditions to load up on water. I have water bags in my Std. Cirrus that I have never used. Looking at the wingroot, there is a hole that the bags are bolted to. These bolts are easy to unscrew. This hole is appx. 1 and 3/4 inch diameter. There is another hole about 3 inches in diameter that has a clear plastic peice glued over it. My thought is that the water bags are pushed into the wing through the smaller hole, then get pulled out through the bigger hole. I don't want to just cut the clear plastic peice off unless somebody can verify that it is indeed what the plastic peice if for, or explain another way to test the bags for a leak other than just pulling the bag completely out for a test. My guess is that the clear plastic peice is for sealing. The cirrus wasn't designed with bags, it was designed with fiberglass water tanks. The water ballast bags are an aftermarket addition. Thanks in advance, Scott Anyone have any experience? |
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Trying for a Diamond Goal tommorow - water ballast question
On Apr 27, 3:05*pm, lanebush wrote:
Having only gotten close enough to see SA's rudder for five days in Perry last week I can say that if Scott wants to fly with water he should. *His skills are such that adapting to a little extra weight while flying a task will not "task saturate" him. XF If everything's connected and checked out, I would load up. However, the day before making an attempt seems a bit late in the game to start checking out the system. As far as the flying wet goes, my only experience is with my Speed Astir II, and it really 'grooves' fully ballasted. I wish it flew the same empty. (perhaps the extra inertia in the wings compensates for my natural hamfistedness!) |
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Trying for a Diamond Goal tommorow - water ballast question
scott do you have a spot tracker? would be fun to follow your
progress tomorrow! have a good flight. |
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Trying for a Diamond Goal tommorow - water ballast question
It's not the 'saturation' during the flight... Most sailplanes fly very
nicely with water... It all the stuff that you have to mess with before the flight that is the problem... Right when you should be relaxing and getting ready mentally for the big flight. Zero One "lanebush" wrote in message : Having only gotten close enough to see SA's rudder for five days in Perry last week I can say that if Scott wants to fly with water he should. His skills are such that adapting to a little extra weight while flying a task will not "task saturate" him. XF |
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Trying for a Diamond Goal tommorow - water ballast question
Good points. Thanks for the advice. No water tommorow. I'll let ya
know how it went. Lane: I'm signed up to do Cherry Valley, AR Region 10 north next month. You should bid another long layover in MEM and come hang out with us then! Regarding Cordele: On contest day 5, I will be in the hospital delivery with my wife Susan welcoming our 2nd child into this world. I will be checking the daily scores and reports when I get a chance. Have fun and go for first place! |
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Trying for a Diamond Goal tommorow - water ballast question
On Apr 27, 8:21*pm, Scott Alexander
wrote: Good points. *Thanks for the advice. *No water tommorow. *I'll let ya know how it went. Lane: I'm signed up to do Cherry Valley, AR Region 10 north next month. *You should bid another long layover in MEM and come hang out with us then! Regarding Cordele: On contest day 5, I will be in the hospital delivery with my wife Susan welcoming our 2nd child into this world. I will be checking the daily scores and reports when I get a chance. Have fun and go for first place! Scott, Up to this point you had us fooled that you were a racing pilot. Skipping a contest just because your wife is having a baby shows you aren't serious about racing ;-). Good luck tomorrow. |
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Trying for a Diamond Goal tommorow - water ballast question
On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:28:12 -0700, Tony wrote:
No experience here with carrying water but I'd think that a Diamond Goal flight wouldn't really be the time where I'd want to be learning how to fly with ballast. I must say I'd agree with that, if only because under reasonable conditions you'll only be on task around 5 hours flying dry. If the day is as good as you think you don't need to go faster: 5 hours for 300 km is 59 kph, 32 kts average speed. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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Trying for a Diamond Goal tommorow - water ballast question
Up to this point you had us fooled that you were a racing pilot. Skipping a contest just because your wife is having a baby shows you aren't serious about racing ;-). Good luck tomorrow. Well, Scott is young and just beginning...he will remember that a true racing pilot will plan better in the future...delivery dates planned before or After the racing season! grinning, because Scott and Susan will make the region 10 North! |
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Trying for a Diamond Goal tommorow - water ballast question
Up to this point you had us fooled that you were a racing pilot. Skipping a contest just because your wife is having a baby shows you aren't serious about racing ;-). It is always good to take some quality time out to create some additional crew members. It can be almost as much fun though it can be a bit more expensive. GA |
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Trying for a Diamond Goal tommorow - water ballast question
so now im wondering how the flight went
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