On Aug 20, 11:23*am, Tony wrote:
On Monday, August 20, 2012 1:09:57 PM UTC-5, Gary Osoba wrote:
With all the drama in the 2012 WGC Open Class, here's how the various designs compared by total average points, followed by the total number of ships flown through the end of the contest (for calculating statistical variance): 11427 JS-1C (4) 11316 Concordia (1) 11240 EB-29 (2) 11089 Quintus (7) 11069 Antares 23 (1) 10339 Nimbus 4 (2) 9977 EB-28 (4) 8962 ASH-25 (1) Another damaged and withdrew 7631 ASW-22BL I did not include powered models as separate designs since the ships were all in high ballast most of the contest. Obviously, designs with only 1 or 2 gliders in the contest can vary statistically much more, i.e. it might not be a good idea to bet against 4 or 5 Concordia's. The Antares 23 and Quintus share the same wing, and should be very similar in performance. Pilots in the top two designs above were essentially learning to fly them during the contest, and that may be true for several of the other pilot/ship combinations. I did not have the opportunity to speak with many of the pilots. The numbers are for this contest only, and its conditions, flown by the respective pilots, etc., etc. Further disclaimer- I do not have an affiliation with any of the makers, nor have I owned a glider produced by any of them. Just the numbers. An interesting design revolution is going on here. Feel free to correct if I got anything wrong. Best Regards, Gary Osoba

It was an ASW-22BLE that withdrew, only flying 5 days, so the average of the 2 -22's that flew the entire contest was 9336. Although Ron Tabery' -22 isn't really a stock -22, wingspan stretched to 28.5 meters...

Thanks, Tony.