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February 14th 10, 07:16 AM
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Olympic Gliding
Anyone have any idea what the L/D is of a ski jumper?
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February 14th 10, 07:36 AM
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On Feb 13, 10:16*pm, Tony wrote:
Anyone have any idea what the L/D is of a ski jumper? Don't know but they have more km flown XC in the Olympics than the PW-5. Darryl
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February 14th 10, 04:43 PM
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Olympic Gliding
On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:16:47 -0800 (PST), Tony
wrote: Anyone have any idea what the L/D is of a ski jumper? This reference gives wind-tunnel values up to 1.2: http://w4.ub.uni-konstanz.de/cpa/art...File/2507/2355 rj
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February 14th 10, 04:52 PM
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Olympic Gliding
This reference gives wind-tunnel values up to 1.2:
http://w4.ub.uni-konstanz.de/cpa/art...File/2507/2355 The paper states values up to 1.4.
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