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Thread: Trent Palmer - 2nd Place at the HSF STOL Drags

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    Smile Re: Trent Palmer - 2nd Place at the HSF STOL Drags

    John congratulations, the hard work paid off! I know you guys worked day and night to get ready and talk about coming down to the wire. Glad kitfox not only beat the Carbon cubs, you did it multiple times! Trent is probably going to be kicked out of the flying cowboys now I think Trent needs to put small cub stickers on his kitfox for each fancy Cub he has taken down.

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    Default Re: Trent Palmer - 2nd Place at the HSF STOL Drags

    HSF 2018.. Here are a few pics
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    Default Re: Trent Palmer - 2nd Place at the HSF STOL Drags

    Great photos, John. Thanks for sharing. Someday...
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    Default Re: Trent Palmer - 2nd Place at the HSF STOL Drags

    John how close was Trent to Draco? I saw one video that he was not far behind on the first stop. What if Trent had the MT reversing prop?

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    Default Re: Trent Palmer - 2nd Place at the HSF STOL Drags

    Great result for Trent and the new Super Freedom Fox and some excellent flying from both Trent and Mike Patey. The aviation version of David and Goliath !.
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    Default Re: Trent Palmer - 2nd Place at the HSF STOL Drags

    Ok, my previous posts were slanted at cheering for Trent.

    However, I have give Mike with Draco his due. He did an amazing job at modifying a Wilga to be Draco, a fire breathing dragon. He did win.

    But, considering how the STOL drags are set up, with a focus on moderating the differences of power and STOL performance.. heavier planes needing more time to stop the mass than lighter planes faster planes needing more time to stop, it does equalize the performance variables to give a reasonable equalizing of different platforms.

    But, the brackets, based on qualifying runs do determine some losers in the matrix. I wonder what the recorded times of everyones runs was. That will give a better idea of the final results.

    Congratulations Trent, on being the best non turpo prop, reverse pitch performance.

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    Default Re: Trent Palmer - 2nd Place at the HSF STOL Drags

    Great airmanship, by all, it would be interesting if the pilots had too switch aeroplanes,
    Draco is some beast! However it’s a one off!
    The Kitfox comes as a kit so what if a builder can put a turbine into one? Or even a revers pitch prop on the Rotax! Then the table would turn due to lightness and power.
    Talking about the cub, hey that’s been around way longer than most folk and mr cub designer got it right then!
    Stay safe and enjoy! We all can’t land on a dime however sure can hit a dollar!

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    Default Re: Trent Palmer - 2nd Place at the HSF STOL Drags

    Quote Originally Posted by rv9ralph View Post
    But, the brackets, based on qualifying runs do determine some losers in the matrix. I wonder what the recorded times of everyones runs was. That will give a better idea of the final results.
    Ralph
    I had this same thought. I like the idea of having a tournament bracket and head-to-head races, but it almost seems more fair to award 2nd and 3rd place by best time posted.

    I don't want to take anything away from Trent. He's a great pilot flying a great plane, and is an outstanding face for Kitfox right now. But technically, every single plane/pilot in the top bracket could have posted a faster time. I'd love to see those times because I'd like to think the confirm that the Kitfox is a cubkiller.
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    Default Re: Trent Palmer - 2nd Place at the HSF STOL Drags

    Any videos of this?

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