Hallo
Ich kann diese Frage leider nich auf Deutsch formulieren Aber ich kann eine Antwort auf Deutsch ohne Probleme verstehen
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Hi
This is a techical question. I was wondering how manufactures end up with the recommended hook-in weight for their different gliders.
For instance a training glider often has a large sail area and a competition glider a smaller sail area. But the two gliders can have the same recommended hook-in weight.
The reason for asking is that I am wondering whether I am too light for my glider.
I fly a Seedwings Crossover 15. It has a sail area of 15.0 squaremeters.
Seedwings publish recommended "pilot weight" not "hook-in weight". They recommend the minimum pilotwight to 80 kg. To convert that to hook-in weight you could probably just add 10 kg for a minimum hook-in weight of 90 kg.
The Icaro2000 Laminar Easy 16 which is no longer in production had a sail area of 15.7 squaremeters. But it has a minimum recommended hook-in weight of just 75 kg.
Both the Crossover and the Laminar Easy are intermediate wings with an aspect ratio of around 6.8 - 7.0 and 8 or 9 battens per wing.
The Crossover is 15.0 m2. Minimum hook-in = 90 kg.
The Laminar Easy is 15.7 m2. Minimum hook-in= 75 kg.
I have lost a little bit of weight and am now slightly below the recommended hook-in weight of the Crossover. I weigh 78-80 kg. Need I worry about that?
How come the data is so different on what seems to be similar gliders? Actually the Easy is biggest but has the lowest hook-in weight?
Ich kann diese Frage leider nich auf Deutsch formulieren Aber ich kann eine Antwort auf Deutsch ohne Probleme verstehen
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Hi
This is a techical question. I was wondering how manufactures end up with the recommended hook-in weight for their different gliders.
For instance a training glider often has a large sail area and a competition glider a smaller sail area. But the two gliders can have the same recommended hook-in weight.
The reason for asking is that I am wondering whether I am too light for my glider.
I fly a Seedwings Crossover 15. It has a sail area of 15.0 squaremeters.
Seedwings publish recommended "pilot weight" not "hook-in weight". They recommend the minimum pilotwight to 80 kg. To convert that to hook-in weight you could probably just add 10 kg for a minimum hook-in weight of 90 kg.
The Icaro2000 Laminar Easy 16 which is no longer in production had a sail area of 15.7 squaremeters. But it has a minimum recommended hook-in weight of just 75 kg.
Both the Crossover and the Laminar Easy are intermediate wings with an aspect ratio of around 6.8 - 7.0 and 8 or 9 battens per wing.
The Crossover is 15.0 m2. Minimum hook-in = 90 kg.
The Laminar Easy is 15.7 m2. Minimum hook-in= 75 kg.
I have lost a little bit of weight and am now slightly below the recommended hook-in weight of the Crossover. I weigh 78-80 kg. Need I worry about that?
How come the data is so different on what seems to be similar gliders? Actually the Easy is biggest but has the lowest hook-in weight?
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