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Old February 14th 10, 06:16 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tony[_5_]
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Anyone have any idea what the L/D is of a ski jumper?
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Old February 14th 10, 06:36 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Feb 13, 10:16*pm, Tony wrote:
Anyone have any idea what the L/D is of a ski jumper?


Don't know but they have more km flown XC in the Olympics than the
PW-5.

Darryl
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Old February 14th 10, 03:43 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:16:47 -0800 (PST), Tony
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Anyone have any idea what the L/D is of a ski jumper?


This reference gives wind-tunnel values up to 1.2:

http://w4.ub.uni-konstanz.de/cpa/art...File/2507/2355

rj
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Old February 14th 10, 03:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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This reference gives wind-tunnel values up to 1.2:

http://w4.ub.uni-konstanz.de/cpa/art...File/2507/2355


The paper states values up to 1.4.
 




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