Check these 2 Czech pilots flying an EB 29R and the other a JS1C, with identical start and finish time.
I can't compaere their traces.
Did the long wing glider sacrifice to help the shorter wing glider ?
Dan

On Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 6:54:49 AM UTC-7, wrote:
> Check these 2 Czech pilots flying an EB 29R and the other a JS1C, with identical start and finish time.
> I can't compaere their traces.
> Did the long wing glider sacrifice to help the shorter wing glider ?
> Dan

Perhaps as two they are strong than as one. I see the long wingers have the top three spots, just as it should be :)

Former long wing driver

At 14:47 05 August 2018, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
>On Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 6:54:49 AM UTC-7,
wrote:
>> Check these 2 Czech pilots flying an EB 29R and the other a JS1C, with
>identical start and finish time.
>> I can't compaere their traces.
>> Did the long wing glider sacrifice to help the shorter wing glider ?
>> Dan
>
>Perhaps as two they are strong than as one. I see the long wingers have
>the top three spots, just as it should be :)
>
>Former long wing driver
>

Pity, you can buy 2 JS1C's for the price of one EB29R..... 4 day wins to
the
JS1C vs 3 to the EB29R though so far.

And the top 3 currently, EB29.

Some days the highest 18m Class speeds are higher than the highest Open Class speeds - even on the days when the tasks are longer.

You can't buy talent but you can buy span



At 14:47 05 August 2018, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
>On Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 6:54:49 AM UTC-7,
wrote:
>> Check these 2 Czech pilots flying an EB 29R and the other a JS1C, with
>identical start and finish time.
>> I can't compaere their traces.
>> Did the long wing glider sacrifice to help the shorter wing glider ?
>> Dan
>
>Perhaps as two they are strong than as one. I see the long wingers have
>the top three spots, just as it should be :)
>
>Former long wing driver
>

On Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 2:15:06 PM UTC-7, Paul T wrote:
> At 14:47 05 August 2018, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
> >On Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 6:54:49 AM UTC-7,
> wrote:
> >> Check these 2 Czech pilots flying an EB 29R and the other a JS1C, with
> >identical start and finish time.
> >> I can't compaere their traces.
> >> Did the long wing glider sacrifice to help the shorter wing glider ?
> >> Dan
> >
> >Perhaps as two they are strong than as one. I see the long wingers have
> >the top three spots, just as it should be :)
> >
> >Former long wing driver
> >
>
> Pity, you can buy 2 JS1C's for the price of one EB29R..... 4 day wins to
> the
> JS1C vs 3 to the EB29R though so far.

So, it is the OPEN class. This is the class that historically pushed the technology. My Nimbus 4 was $75K versus $40K for my ASW-24. Worth every penny, the long wingers just have reach that ... well go fly one, amazing.

On Monday, August 6, 2018 at 7:22:31 AM UTC-7, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
> On Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 2:15:06 PM UTC-7, Paul T wrote:
> > At 14:47 05 August 2018, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
> > >On Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 6:54:49 AM UTC-7,
> > wrote:
> > >> Check these 2 Czech pilots flying an EB 29R and the other a JS1C, with
> > >identical start and finish time.
> > >> I can't compaere their traces.
> > >> Did the long wing glider sacrifice to help the shorter wing glider ?
> > >> Dan
> > >
> > >Perhaps as two they are strong than as one. I see the long wingers have
> > >the top three spots, just as it should be :)
> > >
> > >Former long wing driver
> > >
> >
> > Pity, you can buy 2 JS1C's for the price of one EB29R..... 4 day wins to
> > the
> > JS1C vs 3 to the EB29R though so far.
>
> So, it is the OPEN class. This is the class that historically pushed the technology. My Nimbus 4 was $75K versus $40K for my ASW-24. Worth every penny, the long wingers just have reach that ... well go fly one, amazing.

I'm a big fan of long wings too. Pretty sure Michael Sommer and Felipe Levin aren't winning just because they have longer wings.

On Monday, August 6, 2018 at 1:30:08 AM UTC-7, Peter F wrote:
> You can't buy talent but you can buy span
>
>
>
> At 14:47 05 August 2018, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
> >On Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 6:54:49 AM UTC-7,
> wrote:
> >> Check these 2 Czech pilots flying an EB 29R and the other a JS1C, with
> >identical start and finish time.
> >> I can't compaere their traces.
> >> Did the long wing glider sacrifice to help the shorter wing glider ?
> >> Dan
> >
> >Perhaps as two they are strong than as one. I see the long wingers have
> >the top three spots, just as it should be :)
> >
> >Former long wing driver
> >

You can buy performance, but it takes finesse, skill, knowledge to fly a long winger. Where they shine is one can effectively dolphin fly and when you have 20-30 miles to go glide to get to the next lift source, the long wingers can reach out.