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Article on glide strategy
Interesting approach.
I for myself use the MC for optimizing cruising, and I work with required L/D for safety - exclusively. The good thing about required L/D is that there are no assumptions whatsoever to it, it's plain geometry. In Alpine soaring (which I've been doing for the last couple of thousand hours), with my 47:1 ship I feel safe with a required L/D somewhere between 20 and 25, and unsafe above 30. That still depends on meterological conditions (end of day vs high winds...). I once had 20:1 in a 40:1 ship and I didn't make it :-( |
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