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My bug wing is the small one at 29 inches. It has a weight of 1.4 oz. and fuse has a weight of 2.8 oz. for a total of 4.2 oz. My wing has been repaired and strengthened once. It also has one tip made of light ply (with lightning holes) as I wanted to Discus launch this glider but I think that was not needed after trying it. -----Original Message----- From: gldrgidr [mailto:gldrgidr@...] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 11:35 AM To: BugHLG@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BugHLG] Re: Bug wing weight Can I ask again for some of you who have built the extended wing (~34") wingspan bug to weigh the wing. It might be helpful to us all to have a benchmark weight for the wing at least. On Tuesday I got a 4:55 minute flight with the heavy receiver (4.1 ounce flying weight). Wednesday I got a 4:47 minute flight with a GWS receiver (3.8 ounces flying weight) although wednesday's flight was much higher. It amazes me how well this glider flies. John --- In BugHLG@yahoogroups.com, "John Gospodarek" <John.Gospodarek@i...> wrote: > John, I'm at work but will try to check my wings tonight. They have > some repairs so they are on the heavy side also. I think Al did not > notice that you were just talking about the wing alone. I think he > was thinking total weight. > > John > > > > --- In BugHLG@yahoogroups.com, "gldrgidr" <gldrgidr@m...> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to find out why my Bug came out so heavy. It's 3.8 > > ounces with a wingspan of 34 inches. My wing weighs 1.4 ounces. > > Can those of you with similar wingspaned bugs tell me what your > wing > > weighs? > > > > John Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=259395.3614674.4902533.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1705 370808:HM/A=1524963/R=0/SIG=12o885gmo/*http:/hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/aut oredir?camp=556&lineid=3614674∝=egroupweb&pos=HM> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=259395.3614674.4902533.1261774/D=egrou pmail/S=:HM/A=1524963/rand=896997767> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BugHLG-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Home Page - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BugHLG/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

John, My 34½ in. wing (tip to tip across top not around bottom) is 1.8 oz. at 52 grams. My 29 in. wing (tip to tip across top not around bottom) is 1.6 oz. at 47 grams. Both have been repaired and have some extra wood in them. I also glassed the wing tips of both with .056 glass and CA. Not much weight but it all adds up. Pod with stick-on plastic (tow/towel) hook is 3.5 zo. 102 grams with glassed tail and foam nose. Total small wing 5.2 oz. 149 grams. Total large wing 5.4 oz. 154 grams. Fat but still flies good. John P.S I know that the oz. numbers don't add up but that is what the scale shows. --- In BugHLG@yahoogroups.com, "gldrgidr" <gldrgidr@m...> wrote: > Can I ask again for some of you who have built the extended wing > (~34") wingspan bug to weigh the wing. It might be helpful to us all > to have a benchmark weight for the wing at least. > > On Tuesday I got a 4:55 minute flight with the heavy receiver (4.1 > ounce flying weight). Wednesday I got a 4:47 minute flight with a > GWS receiver (3.8 ounces flying weight) although wednesday's flight > was much higher. It amazes me how well this glider flies. > > John > > > --- In BugHLG@yahoogroups.com, "John Gospodarek" > <John.Gospodarek@i...> wrote: > > John, I'm at work but will try to check my wings tonight. They have > > some repairs so they are on the heavy side also. I think Al did not > > notice that you were just talking about the wing alone. I think he > > was thinking total weight. > > > > John > > > > > > > > --- In BugHLG@yahoogroups.com, "gldrgidr" <gldrgidr@m...> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I'm trying to find out why my Bug came out so heavy. It's > 3.8 > > > ounces with a wingspan of 34 inches. My wing weighs 1.4 ounces. > > > Can those of you with similar wingspaned bugs tell me what your > > wing > > > weighs? > > > > > > John

Can I ask again for some of you who have built the extended wing (~34") wingspan bug to weigh the wing. It might be helpful to us all to have a benchmark weight for the wing at least. On Tuesday I got a 4:55 minute flight with the heavy receiver (4.1 ounce flying weight). Wednesday I got a 4:47 minute flight with a GWS receiver (3.8 ounces flying weight) although wednesday's flight was much higher. It amazes me how well this glider flies. John --- In BugHLG@yahoogroups.com, "John Gospodarek" <John.Gospodarek@i...> wrote: > John, I'm at work but will try to check my wings tonight. They have > some repairs so they are on the heavy side also. I think Al did not > notice that you were just talking about the wing alone. I think he > was thinking total weight. > > John > > > > --- In BugHLG@yahoogroups.com, "gldrgidr" <gldrgidr@m...> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to find out why my Bug came out so heavy. It's 3.8 > > ounces with a wingspan of 34 inches. My wing weighs 1.4 ounces. > > Can those of you with similar wingspaned bugs tell me what your > wing > > weighs? > > > > John

John, I'm at work but will try to check my wings tonight. They have some repairs so they are on the heavy side also. I think Al did not notice that you were just talking about the wing alone. I think he was thinking total weight. John --- In BugHLG@yahoogroups.com, "gldrgidr" <gldrgidr@m...> wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to find out why my Bug came out so heavy. It's 3.8 > ounces with a wingspan of 34 inches. My wing weighs 1.4 ounces. > Can those of you with similar wingspaned bugs tell me what your wing > weighs? > > John

If that's with equipment it's extremely light. If that's without it's only marginally heavy. On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 23:20, gldrgidr wrote: Hi, I'm trying to find out why my Bug came out so heavy. It's 3.8 ounces with a wingspan of 34 inches. My wing weighs 1.4 ounces. Can those of you with similar wingspaned bugs tell me what your wing weighs? John Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Click Here! To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BugHLG-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Home Page - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BugHLG/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. -- ============================ Allan Wright Jr. University of New Hampshire Research Computing Center Internet: aew@... ============================

Hi, I'm trying to find out why my Bug came out so heavy. It's 3.8 ounces with a wingspan of 34 inches. My wing weighs 1.4 ounces. Can those of you with similar wingspaned bugs tell me what your wing weighs? John