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Old November 19th 13, 10:45 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tom Claffey
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Default Speed triangle on ridge

No and yes.



At 15:57 17 November 2013, Waveguru wrote:
I've got a FAI triangle set up where 2 of the legs are on ridges and the
3r=
d leg will be a down wind leg. Will it be fastest to climb in a thermal
to=
just high enough to fly back to the ridge at min. sink, or would it be
fas=
ter to thermal higher and fly back faster? Would I set the MacCready
setti=
ng to the climb I'm achieving in the thermal or what?

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