Jeff Crowell wrote: Jeff Crowell wrote: The point of my sotto voce tirade is, I'd expect the standard ejector systems to be strong enough to get the bomb clear of the plane (or vice versa, if you prefer), even inverted. The ejectors are powered by what amounts to a blank 12 -gauge shotgun shell. Orval Fairbairn wrote: There are some disquieting videos of high
On Aug 11, 10:07 am, akiley <kiley.aa...@gmail.com> wrote: On Aug 11, 1:31 am, nos...@w6yx.stanford.edu (Alan) wrote: In article <79256416-9efb-4ab7-9206-4a1332b13...@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com> rec.aviation.soaring@googlegroups.com writes: Hi All, I'm fairly new to soaring, but thought it might be fun to test our clubs St= andard Cirrus to see if it was
Jeff Crowell wrote: The point of my sotto voce tirade is, I'd expect the standard ejector systems to be strong enough to get the bomb clear of the plane (or vice versa, if you prefer), even inverted. The ejectors are powered by what amounts to a blank 12 -gauge shotgun shell. Orval Fairbairn wrote: There are some disquieting videos of high speed weapons release tests,
On 8/10/2011 6:59 PM, akiley wrote: Hi All, I'm fairly new to soaring, but thought it might be fun to test our clubs Standard Cirrus to see if it was getting advertised L/D. I jumped in with not enough understanding of all the factors that effect performance, other than reading how Dick Johnson does his tests. I took a tow to 6000 agl on a calm early morning when ground
