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Old September 14th 05, 08:28 PM
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OK, assume standard British 2 knot thermals. Gliders
have no water in. Thermals are small but smooth.

Reason for the question....I can get L info off the
net, but not climb data...

John


At 18:36 14 September 2005, Andy wrote:
To have any meaningful discussion you'll need to specify
the wing
loading, the thermal strength, and the characteristics
of the thermal
(big, smooth, small, turbulent etc.).

Without that input I'd assume that the glider with
the lowest wing
loading and slowest stall speed will win. Is that
the Libelle?

On the other hand I often outclimbed lighter loaded
Libelles with my
ASW 19. In tight and/or broken thermals pilot technique
can override
the differences in gliders.

Andy