Day 1 the fastest speed was an ASG29. Logger failure and slow back-up
resulted in 50pt penalty.

That said, there is little difference in the gliders.
Tom

At 13:58 15 August 2012, Sean F F2 wrote:
So far the ASG-29 has won 8 of 9 competition days in 18m. Ironically,
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t in 18m. Pretty dominant.

In Open it appears the Quintus and Antares 23 are stealing the production
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how with the EB29 slowly moving up after an early bad day. The JS-1's
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doing very well in Open in general as well.

It will be very exciting to see what happens in the final few days. I'm
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Sean

On Wednesday, August 15, 2012 9:22:11 AM UTC-4, Sean F (F2) wrote:
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th deposit checks for the V3 trying to get them to comment on this rumor.

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on its way. I'm sure it pains them to see that they are no longer
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would be ideal. Otherwise, it appears, that the ASG-29 factory will
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n very busy. JS-1 is a great glider as well no doubt, but results are
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There's a fair mix of types in 15m & Open Class, but the Ventus 2 is
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The Ventus is the oldest of Schempp's current fleet, so any rumours
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