The original 1/4 scale Pirat was slightly older than me, and i'm 53. The germans banned it from competition because it was too big. !!!! I still have a 1/4 Pirat, and the 1/3 version built by Kevin Wilson. And i hope to publish the video one day of the Pirat and Grunau race to the ground video. The 'October Do' at White Horse model club, was the greatest aero tow meeting in the country at the time.
Hello Chris, nice to see that you are fine. Maybe you‘ll try a „Darmstadt D34D“? That would be an interesting model for us german modellers. Greetings.
Beautiful model and can't believe how prolific Chris Williams is! We had a Pirat syndicate at my gliding club. I recall that (like a lot of Polish gliders, by design) it spun well. That could be a danger for inexperienced pilots though. Also, although it had a a reasonable L/D, it was a bit heavy (did the fullsize have a fully sheeted wing - so long ago I can't remember?) and its poor sink rate meant it was best suited to days with strong thermals.
@@ralphjohnson4041 Never having flown one, I can only repeat what syndicate members said about it. I was in a K6cr syndicate, and that was a delightful plane for thermalling in small or weak thermals. I've only flown once at Talgarth, in an IS28 as P2 with a very strong westerly blowing. It was quite sporting, and locating the airfield was interesting for a newcomer also, especially with a low sun!
A work of art Mr Williams .
The music completes the video. 😊
The original 1/4 scale Pirat was slightly older than me, and i'm 53. The germans banned it from competition because it was too big. !!!! I still have a 1/4 Pirat, and the 1/3 version built by Kevin Wilson. And i hope to publish the video one day of the Pirat and Grunau race to the ground video.
The 'October Do' at White Horse model club, was the greatest aero tow meeting in the country at the time.
Hello Chris, nice to see that you are fine. Maybe you‘ll try a „Darmstadt D34D“? That would be an interesting model for us german modellers. Greetings.
Beautiful model and can't believe how prolific Chris Williams is! We had a Pirat syndicate at my gliding club. I recall that (like a lot of Polish gliders, by design) it spun well. That could be a danger for inexperienced pilots though. Also, although it had a a reasonable L/D, it was a bit heavy (did the fullsize have a fully sheeted wing - so long ago I can't remember?) and its poor sink rate meant it was best suited to days with strong thermals.
I flew the club Pirat at Talgarth and found the handling quite nice and it’s weak lift climb surprisingly good.
@@ralphjohnson4041 Never having flown one, I can only repeat what syndicate members said about it. I was in a K6cr syndicate, and that was a delightful plane for thermalling in small or weak thermals. I've only flown once at Talgarth, in an IS28 as P2 with a very strong westerly blowing. It was quite sporting, and locating the airfield was interesting for a newcomer also, especially with a low sun!
Beautiful!
Magnifique
Cool cool cool - awesome👌🏻🔥
Super 😎 👍