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Old 10-19-2017, 08:58 AM
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Hi,
It seems Christophe Paysant-Le Roux these days use his Galactika with shorter wingtips.
I do not know if he has completely abandoned the longer wingtips in favor of shorter wingtips on his Galacitka.
It seems almost it is the older Galactik wing he use on Galactik today? See photos in links below.

Photos here from 2017 Aerobatic Bordeaux Cup July 7-9 where Christophe won with his Galactika with shorter wingtips:
http://jp-f3a.blogspot.se/
(scroll down some and there is a photo below the scores, where the Galactika can be seen with the shorter wingtips)

There is also a photo that can be seen here from 2017 Great Britain F3A World Cup June 23-25:
http://jp-f3a.blogspot.se/search?updated-max=2017-07-12T13:08:00%2B02:00&max-results=4
(winner Christophe Paysant-Le Roux on the podium holding his Galactika with shorter wingtips)

On July 2015 Oxai had photos on Galactika on their homepage and some of them showed Galactika with short wingtips and some with long wingtips, two photos below from the site to show the difference.

Maybe Christophe Paysant-Le Roux was not fullly satisfied with the wing that has longer wingtips, and use instead the wing with shorter wingtips today?
Or maybe he use the wing with shorter wing tips when conditions may be favorable for that wing, and the wing with shorter wingtips when conditions may be favorable for that wing?
It will be interesting to see photos from F3A World Championships November 3-11 what wing he will use there.

/Bo
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Last edited by bem; 10-19-2017 at 09:12 AM.