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Performance Testing in Dubai

Posted on January 11, 2012 in Dean Eldridge   

Due to some strong winds these last few days (not from me strangely enough) it hasn’t been the best for flying here in Dubai but it all changed this morning so an early start was had. I chose to concentrate on some performance testing of the Polini 200/GTR20 combination as there have been some big claims made recently. I couldn’t quite match Polini’s Oscar doing 70kph on just 4 litres of fuel (he is only 68 kilos) but I did average 3.5 litres an hour flying at 50kph which is quite incredible for a 200cc engine, 20m wing and a 78 kilo pilot. Just think what we could achieve with the lighter, more efficient Parajet Zenith chassis..?!?

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