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My Speed Astir's wings show a considerable amount of waviness at the
spar caps and every rib. There also appears to have been some repair work on a leading edge, and the profile is noticeably NOT the same as the other wing. I have Compufoil Pro, which will outpout CNC mill files for the templates, and a friend with a CNC mill, willing to produce the templates. I will almost certainly take care of the leading edge issues, but I'm waffling about undertaking a full wing re-profile. On one hand, you want your glider to be as good as it can be. On the other hand, I don't fly contests, and I'm pretty sure the pilot is causing more loss of performance than the extra drag from the waves in the profile. Opinions?? BTW, the single biggest improvement I've made to date is the addition of a flight recorder and a iPAQ with XCSoar. That combo made it immediately clear that I was being too conservative (chicken!) Jim |
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