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
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d leg will be a down wind leg. Will it be fastest to climb in a thermal
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just high enough to fly back to the ridge at min. sink, or would it be
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ter to thermal higher and fly back faster? Would I set the MacCready
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ng to the climb I'm achieving in the thermal or what?
Boggs
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