Author Topic: a sad, sad day  (Read 3599 times)

Offline Stoney

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Re: a sad, sad day
« Reply #120 on: September 30, 2011, 12:28:46 AM »
Those are kind of safe numbers but we don;t really know how many Gs he pulled, do we?

Most of the Unlimiteds have pretty sophisticated telemetry on-board to monitor performance.  They have recovered the telemetry data, and it did indicate a +11G pullup once the trim tab departed the aircraft.
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Offline icepac

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Re: a sad, sad day
« Reply #121 on: September 30, 2011, 01:49:06 AM »
Isn't only one guy below the age of 30 qualified to fly reno racers?

Offline Stoney

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Re: a sad, sad day
« Reply #122 on: September 30, 2011, 03:45:16 AM »
Isn't only one guy below the age of 30 qualified to fly reno racers?

Steve Hinton Jr. won the unlimited Gold at the age of 22...  I believe his old man won a couple of his when he was in his twenties as well.  But, by and large, most of the pilots are in their 40s-60s...
"Can we be incorrect at times, absolutely, but I do believe 15 years of experience does deserve a little more credence and respect than you have given from your very first post."

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