On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 07:58:57 -0800 (PST), "noel.wade"
wrote:


BTW, according to Johnson the JS2 L/D
was 36:1, not 38:1. So no, it doesn't meet my "38:1" criteria.

Hi Noel,

an advice: Don't stick too close to numbers. Performance numbers of
glider differ vastly depending on who measured them (Johnson or the
German Idaflieg), and, more important:
Sheer performance numbers are only one part of the truth.
In reality you are not going to notice if your ship has two points
better L/D or a slightly better sink rate.



Bye
Andreas