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March 14th 07, 04:02 PM
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cruise vs. climb article location
I am looking for an article from several years ago that discussed the
relative importance of climb rate as compared to speed to fly between thermals. This was a fairly detailed comparison of percentage impact on net speed, emphasizing that 5-10mph cruise errors was far less important than selection and optimal use of best thermals. If anyone remembers where this article is , I would appreciate your helping me find it. Thanks, SZ 
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March 14th 07, 04:56 PM
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On Mar 14, 10:02 am, "SAM AND LEIGH ZIMMERMAN"
wrote: I am looking for an article from several years ago that discussed the relative importance of climb rate as compared to speed to fly between thermals. This was a fairly detailed comparison of percentage impact on net speed, emphasizing that 5-10mph cruise errors was far less important than selection and optimal use of best thermals. If anyone remembers where this article is , I would appreciate your helping me find it. Thanks, SZ Maybe in the Soaring Symposia? http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=soaring+symposia Frank
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March 19th 07, 04:15 PM
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I think what you're looking for is part 2 of John Cochrane's article "Just a
Little Faster, Please" located at http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/john.c...ers/#maccready "Frank Whiteley" wrote in message ups.com... On Mar 14, 10:02 am, "SAM AND LEIGH ZIMMERMAN" wrote: I am looking for an article from several years ago that discussed the relative importance of climb rate as compared to speed to fly between thermals. This was a fairly detailed comparison of percentage impact on net speed, emphasizing that 5-10mph cruise errors was far less important than selection and optimal use of best thermals. If anyone remembers where this article is , I would appreciate your helping me find it. Thanks, SZ Maybe in the Soaring Symposia? http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=soaring+symposia Frank
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March 14th 07, 05:34 PM
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SAM AND LEIGH ZIMMERMAN wrote:
I am looking for an article from several years ago that discussed the relative importance of climb rate as compared to speed to fly between thermals. This was a fairly detailed comparison of percentage impact on net speed, emphasizing that 5-10mph cruise errors was far less important than selection and optimal use of best thermals. If anyone remembers where this article is , I would appreciate your helping me find it. Thanks, SZ Try this: http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/john.c...s/newmcred.pdf and: http://www.xs4all.nl/~arjanvd/flyingfaster.pdf Shawn
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March 15th 07, 02:12 AM
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I second Shawn! John Cochrane's "Just a little faster please" article is
well written, condensed and excellent information PeterK http://www.xs4all.nl/~arjanvd/flyingfaster.pdf "Shawn" wrote in message . .. SAM AND LEIGH ZIMMERMAN wrote: I am looking for an article from several years ago that discussed the relative importance of climb rate as compared to speed to fly between thermals. This was a fairly detailed comparison of percentage impact on net speed, emphasizing that 5-10mph cruise errors was far less important than selection and optimal use of best thermals. If anyone remembers where this article is , I would appreciate your helping me find it. Thanks, SZ Try this: http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/john.c...s/newmcred.pdf and: http://www.xs4all.nl/~arjanvd/flyingfaster.pdf Shawn
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March 14th 07, 06:36 PM
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Just calculating the cruise speed in Excel will help as well with the
help of the polar. This shows that flying 10% faster or slower will decrease max cruise (with a modern 15-meter class glider) with less than a percent disadvantage...
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