At 16:42 21 February 2011, wrote:
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A request to Hank Nixon, RC chair with "some useful" information
about the glider get's the ball rolling.
We work with Dave Stevenson- Handicap subcomm chair on this kind of
thing a couple times a year.


Widening the question somewhat, is there an analytic process in
determining the handicaps [so that the 'useful information' can be
identified] or is it largely subjective ? Many years ago CH published a
partial description of his engineering analyses to form handicaps; an
update on current methods would be of considerable interest. Perhaps it
would make a good article for Soaring, or in John Cochrane's collection.

Ian