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Paddler Modelling => Construction => Topic started by: Eddy Matthews on September 25, 2007, 06:22:59 AM

Title: Scotfriends Glasgow
Post by: Eddy Matthews on September 25, 2007, 06:22:59 AM

Hans Freund's (Scotfriend) model of the Graupner Glasgow sailing majestically across the sky on a Swiss lake - Well, that's what it looks like! :)

Doesn't he just make you sick!!!  :kewl

Title: Scotfriends Glasgow
Post by: Bill Hudson on September 25, 2007, 09:52:55 AM

It flies too?

Bill

Title: Hans's flying boat / boat flying
Post by: Roderick Smith on September 25, 2007, 08:47:42 PM

From Australia, the second photo looks just right.

More to the point: is this the lake at the peak of Brunig Pass, where the one lakes drains northwards into the Rhine, and southwards into a short river via Poschiavo to the Adriatic?  If so, is this the highest altitude at which a Paddleducker has launched a model?  Lake Titicaca (Peru/Bolivia) would beat it, but we have no members there.

Regards,
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Title: Scotfriends Glasgow
Post by: scotfriend on September 26, 2007, 04:17:32 AM

Hi PD's,

both photo's were taken at the Grimselpass, the altitude is 2165m, after two hours at this lake i chanced to the Nufenenpass and sailed there with my model Mull of Kintyre the altitude there is 2478m :wink: maybe the highest sailing ever with a paddle steamer model untill i find a higher lake. Later the same day i went to the St. Gotthardpass and sailed with the Glasgow the altitude there is 2108m. Today we had some snow down to 1800m so my sailings from last weekend also the last at this level for this year :cry:

Kind regards Hans