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- From: ar12@quads.uchicago.edu (Andre Robotewskyj)
- Newsgroups: rec.kites
- Subject: To build a 15' or 18' delta?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.212522.5733@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 21:25:22 GMT
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
- Reply-To: ar12@midway.uchicago.edu
- Organization: University of Chicago
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- OK- it's the middle of winter here in Chicago and I've got the worst case
- of kite withdrawl symptoms immaginable... So, since I can't go out and
- fly my kite in sub-zero weather (actually, I can, but I don't care to),
- I'm doing the next best thing- building one! Ah, but this will be no
- ordinary delta: those tiny "full-sized" deltas (like my Fire Bee) just
- don't cut it anymore- I want something BIG and DANGEROUS- so, I'm debating
- whether to make it a 15' or 18' swept wing- I'm going to use .505"
- FG and 1.5oz ripstop- the design will probably be similar to the
- Force 10. Any suggestions out there? Any experience flying such beasts?
- Thanks in advance,
- Andre
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