Jim Shumaker
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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 Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:52 pm Post subject: Engine out soaring |
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Andrew
Yes I have soared my Kitfox. I did it locally when a light frontal system was moving through. As someone mentioned, the Kitfox sink rate is not all that great so it takes some pretty strong uplift to soar, but it is very easy to turn and core the thermals. Not so good in ridge lift because of the sink rate. Also the penetration between thermals is not great because of the drag of the struts and stuff.
Jim Shumaker
Kitfox III 912ul
Salinas, CA
From: 815TL <lawrenceaw(at)corning.com>
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 10:02:34 AM
Subject: Re: Dead stick practice
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "815TL" <lawrenceaw(at)corning.com (lawrenceaw(at)corning.com)>
Has anyone actually tried to soar in a Kitfox? I have about 20 hours in gliders. Every landing in a glider is an emergency, you have one shot at it. So those of you that shut down and glide a ways, have you ever looked for any thermals, or ridge soar? The Schweizer 2-33s that I trained in were about the same weight as the Kitfox, and had a lift to drag of about 18:1. The Kitfox, with about 12:1, [quote][b]
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