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Old 06-12-2007, 12:01 PM
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Default RE: 250 mph speed! - German SPEEDCUP 2006 scheduled Sept 15th 16th 17th
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... Sometimes it's not very much that you need but maybe Weirich was really heavy??
Well in this case a "simple" mod of the wing/fuse transition would have been insufficient. This year Weirich did not compete to break the world speed record anyway (no X in pilot’s list specified).

It is hard to achieve a dry weight of less than 2 kg of a competitive .60 powered speed plane without running the risk of structural failures.

So a larger wing is the way to go.
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