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Old August 11th 20, 11:47 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan Marotta
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Well, I'm 72 so I guess that's to be expected...

On 8/10/2020 7:57 PM, SoaringXCellence wrote:
Dan,

It means you're very slow, only faster than 16% of the test subjects. I got an average of 210, that's the 76 percentile.

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Old August 11th 20, 12:23 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Speed of a vario

Le mardi 11 août 2020 Ã* 06 h 47 min 51 s UTC-4, Dan Marotta a écritÂ*:
Well, I'm 72 so I guess that's to be expected...
On 8/10/2020 7:57 PM, SoaringXCellence wrote:
Dan,

It means you're very slow, only faster than 16% of the test subjects. I got an average of 210, that's the 76 percentile.

MB

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If I remember ok it is the time it takes to reach 80% of the thermal strenght.
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