On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 02:06:58 GMT, "Gldcomp"
wrote:
Applied to Soaring, where a possible "Olympic Class" may still happen one
day, the L/D DOES NOT MATTER.
As it happens with other olympic equipment, the design has to be made PUBLIC
and available to a central organizing body.
It has to be manufacturable in any part of the world at a reasonable cost.
External shapes and CGs have to be ABSOLUTELY the same.
.... which is unfortunately precisely the concept that already failed
with the PW-5.
Bye
Andreas
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