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Old July 19th 13, 04:31 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Discus 2a vs Arcus @ 200km/h

On Friday, July 19, 2013 2:45:55 AM UTC-7, Wolf Aviator wrote:
Hi ladies and gents,



Here is a video made by Sebastian Kawa on ECG 2013 at Ostrów in

Poland.



This video presents final glide of his Discus 2a wing to wing with

Arcus flying at 200km/h. As you can see at this speed performance

of 20m span glider is no better than 15m Discus 2a.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xrDLQ61474



quote (1m 8s of video):

"A why they're buying such expensive gliders...".



Regards

Wolf

http://youtube.com/user/WolfTheAviator


At 200 km/h, it's all going to come down to who has the highest wing loading....