In short, the Pirker "theory" says that in a final glide to the determine
the best speed you do:
1) calculate the glide ratio needed to get over the final turnpoint
2) for that glide ratio you calculate the corrispondent MC value for your
polar
3) for that MC value you get the speed to fly

I did not know pirker wrote these things in 1999, for me they are just
obvious.

paolo


"Paul Remde" wrote in message ...

Hi,

I think we'd all love to have access to the document. I'd be glad to post
it on my web site if that would help.

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
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On Monday, January 14, 2013 10:19:27 AM UTC-5, wrote:
Does anyone have a link to, or a copy of, an English language paper or
explanation about Dr Herbert Pirker's final glide theory? I can't even
locate one in German via Google.



I can find snippets about it relating to implementation on StrePla in
2006vand I understand that a couple of the NavBoxes on LX 8000/9000 relate
to this.



http://www.strepla.de/StrePla4/engli...t_Winter05.htm



Thanks,



John Galloway

John: I've been looking through my stacks and finally found an english
translation as well as the artilcle from aerokurier. I'll get around to
scanning in PDF formats and email these articles to you.