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Old February 15th 16, 06:48 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Sunday, 14 February 2016 04:57:42 UTC+2, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 10:34:32 AM UTC-5, Soartech wrote:
Hint:
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...htId=185517315

See ya, Dave


Dave, What is your point here?


MacCready theory is not always applicable.
Consider:
- What are MacCready theory's assumptions, and when are these not valid?
- Why do good flights often beat expected MC speeds (after accounting
for start-finish altitude differential)?

Hopefully this will be covered in the V3 talk at the convention;
Tilo tells me by analyzing OLC piles of flight logs, the actual
behavior of top pilots shows this, thus better informs how the glider
should be optimized...

Hope this helps,
Best Regards, Dave


Are you saying that MC theory is not valid for gliding long distances using continuous lift?