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No matter what the altitude of the airport, the surface of B, C and D is defined as the the "lateral boundries" so if you are trying to fly below the surface you would be underground, below the surface - not good.- It should be noted that my favorite surface is much different than my most frequent surface... sand in my case
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...dread to set it up. Everyone who flew my 160 Streak loved it and ended up buying one. Note it had a fully detached lower surface and was different than most double surface wings. The lowered surface c...- ...ilored, the airspace usually consists of a 5 NM radius core surface area that extends from the surface up to 4,000 feet above the ai...elevation. I think the key wording here is: ... from the surface up to 4,000 feet above the ai...
- Wow, you are quite fast KLP. Me take it about 30-40mins. Complette settings - ready to fly and unpacking - ready to towing home. But I have a double surface Aeros Profi wing. Upper surface = 22 rods, lower = 10 for both sides.
- ...is scary. I remember my incident. I flew my Reflex Sport wing (Double surface 12.5m) with one snap tip brok...fect in the flight. The wing has 12 upper battens in each side. Single surface normally has much less batten...
- ...think Tussock has covered it very well. In my personal opinion, single surface wings are just a lot of fun....h to go anywhere. So my personal first choice would always be a single surface wing. I hope that is helpful...
- Yes, great point Ken. The surface adhesion (or suction) to surfaces is an incredible evolutionary mechanism...g around regardless of the nature of the surface the robot lands on which coul...l we get there. I would think that surface adhesion methods would have b...
...tailored, the airspace usually consists of a 5 NM radius core surface area that extends from the surface up to 4,000 feet above the ai...shelf area are referenced to the airport elevation, but "surface" is not.- ...Northwing...What do you recommend? a 15 or 17. On the Manta web I believe they have all sizes in single and double surface. How different in your opinion is the single surface 15 vs the double surface 15 m...