The Duckhawk has a 7.4sqm wing @ 525kg(!), and the Diana 2 a 8.16sqm at 500kg. The Diana at least is renowned for its ability to climb in the weak conditions.
On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 2:02 PM, Adam Woolley <agwool...@hotmail.com> wrote: > The Diana 2 has an 8.16m.sq wing, so entirely possible that this 'JS1R' is > only 8m.sq > > Sounds like a bullet to me! > WPP > > > > > On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 7:05 PM -0700, "Bob Dircks" <dircks....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > maybe...... it certainly looks like a joke! > > On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Richard Frawley <rjfraw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> a joke Bob >> >> >> >> On 11 May 2016, at 12:03 PM, Bob Dircks <dircks....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I'm not going to argue with aerodynamicists... if they say its 8m >> square... then that's good enough for me! >> >> By my basic maths that means the aspect ratio is.......... um.... its >> gotta be 64 divide by 8........ no, that's not right, >> Pi times diameter divide by the circumference........ >> >> Yeah that's it........ equals 1 ! >> >> >> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Richard Frawley <rjfraw...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> it should be tapered and not square, Pukatrucks have stolen that way >>> already ! (well rectangle anyway) >>> >>> >>> >>> On 11 May 2016, at 11:47 AM, Bob Dircks <dircks....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> 8m square.... that's a bloody big wing.... it'll have to weigh about 3.5 >>> tons to get a reasonable wing loading ! >>> >>> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Richard Hatch <rhatch...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Just heard, 8m.sq wing! >>>> >>>> Not sure how well it'll go though in the broken thermals though. >>>> Perhaps it's going to be of limited production like the Diana 2, set up for >>>> record flying on perfect days!? >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 6:48 AM, Mike Borgelt < >>>> mborg...@borgeltinstruments.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Nothing on the Jonker website or Google search. Lots of JS-1 but they >>>>> seem to be racing cars or guitars. >>>>> >>>>> I can't imagine why anyone would design a new 15M racing class glider >>>>> nowadays. >>>>> >>>>> Mike >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> At 09:38 PM 4/18/2016, you wrote: >>>>> >>>>> JS1-Racing >>>>> >>>>> Newly developed fuselage >>>>> 15m racing class >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Aus-soaring mailing list >>>>> Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au >>>>> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >>>>> >>>>> *Borgelt Instruments* - >>>>> *design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 * >>>>> www.borgeltinstruments.com >>>>> tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 >>>>> mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 >>>>> P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Aus-soaring mailing list >>>>> Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au >>>>> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Aus-soaring mailing list >>>> Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au >>>> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Aus-soaring mailing list >>> Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au >>> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Aus-soaring mailing list >>> Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au >>> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au >> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au >> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > >
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