Today we start working on our time to climb attempts, 0-3000m & 0-6000m in our FAI class of C-1C. We’ve moved our “official attempt” out a bit so a potential sponsor can leverage the attempt as well. None the less, we could break the world record as early as today.

As a recap, in 1972 the C-1C Turboprop 0-3000m time to climb record was set at 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Wayne Handley and the Turbo Raven (C-1B Class) set the 0-3000m time to climb in 1 minute and 9 seconds. Our aircrafts weigh about the same but we have just enough weight to put us in a different class. We potentially have a bit more thrust then the Turbo Raven but we also have more drag. That said, we also have 50% more wing area. Higher deck angle and slower speed (so drag has less influence) is the profile we are aiming at working out.

So, we can shatter the current 0-3000m C-1C (in class) record but breaking Wayne Handley’s record might be a challenge, but a challenge worth shooting for. I wouldn’t have considered an attempt on Wayne’s record and would have just focused on the C-1C class instead of the unlimited record if it were not for a nice conversation with Wayne. He was very supportive of me trying to break his record.

As for the 0-6000m time to climb record, that too was set in 1972 with a time of 7 minutes and 17 seconds. Again, the Turbo Raven did it in 3 minutes and 6 seconds. So, we also feel this attempt in C-1C class and not unlimited is easily beat and perhaps cut in half! At any rate, fun challenges for sure. We might have to wait a few days based on low ceilings but we'll go out and see what we can do. We'll report as soon as we have some good news on the subject.

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