Bob Gibbons wrote on 7/12/2015 5:10 PM:
An interesting discussion. As a long time user and proponent of the
TLAR method, I had not thought much about what the actual angles were.

Really easy to check with SeeYou and an IGC flight log. When I checked
my last 2 flights I found a pretty consistent 1km offset, with
altitude usually around 600 ft (opposite touchdown point, not pattern
entry). This is a 5:1 slope, about 12 deg. This is in a Ventus C.

Bob


I found the same thing in the 4 or 5 of my flights that I checked that I
flew in my ASH 26 E, generally turning onto the base leg at 1000' AGL. I
don't think I could get down in time if I were to use 45 deg angle to
the runway while on downwind, even with the 40 degree landing flaps and
good spoiler.

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- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"

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- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm

http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/...anes-2014A.pdf