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Old August 12th 11, 03:58 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Mike the Strike
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Default Low test numbers on Standard Cirrus, what could it be?

On Aug 12, 6:14*am, akiley wrote:
If anyone's interested in attempting to figure out, or give feedback
on my glide video, I'd be interested in comments. *As I mentioned, the
numbers were not good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgzhZDN_9RY

Here is part 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic4DNgox7MA

... Aaron


Errors in your ASI could account for a good chunk of your problems.
Have you tried a calibration with another known source? With the
knowledge of air density, you can calculate true airspeed and
indicated airspeed from your GPS data.

As others have also mentioned, you don't need much vertical air
movement to screw things up either.


Mike