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Old August 15th 18, 05:51 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Eric Greenwell[_4_]
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Default What magic do the JS3 and Ventus 3 have that the ASG-29 Does not?

Charlie Quebec wrote on 8/14/2018 9:07 PM:
The performance gain was .25 of an L/D point at 100kt, at a cost of $7000 aust. Must be the most expensive LD per dollar ever.


Irrelevant - no one adds winglets to gain L/D at 100 knots; generally, it's to
improve the low speed handling, thermalling, and low speed L/D.

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