At 14:52 08 November 2008, Ian wrote:
On 8 Nov, 03:51, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Nov 7, 5:10=A0pm, KevinFinke wrote:

I don't think 40/1 is remotely unreasonable for the Perkoz...

Ten bucks says that if the Idafliegs do a polar it tops out at or
below 39.

Perhaps, but if Dick Johnson were still around he could stick some
turbulator tape on it and suddenly get 45 ...

Ian

Quite the reverse - Dick Johnson tended to find that turbulated gliders
performed better without the tape. He also usually found lower
performance figures than the manufacturer's (and Idaflieg) polars.

John Galloway