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Old March 14th 07, 06:36 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
J. Nieuwenhuize
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Default cruise vs. climb article location

Just calculating the cruise speed in Excel will help as well with the
help of the polar. This shows that flying 10% faster or slower will
decrease max cruise (with a modern 15-meter class glider) with less
than a percent disadvantage...