wrote on 8/13/2018 5:53 AM:
From the WGC competition results, I would rather draw the conclusion that the good pilots chose to fly JS3 or Ventus 3 rather than the ASG29.

I suspect many top pilots make the assumption that the newest gliders are at least
as good as the earlier gliders; they note that a few excellent pilots are choosing
the newest gliders; so, by also choosing the newest glider for themselves, they
eliminate the chance that the other pilots will have an advantage. If true, then
their choosing the newer gliders does not mean they determined the new ones have
significantly better performance.

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm

http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/...anes-2014A.pdf