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Old March 15th 17, 09:49 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Gregorie[_5_]
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Default All US Records are Now Motor Glider Records

On Tue, 14 Mar 2017 18:00:40 -0700, RR wrote:

Just to roll this back to the issue at hand, does this "advance of
technology" justify somehow creating/maintaining separate categories.

Of course it does!

Many commentards have pointed out the terrible drag penalties that result
from a folded FES propeller. Since everybody knows that the wisdom of the
crowds can't be wrong, obviously we need a separate FES record category
and we need it NOW!


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