WGC Open Design Comparison

On Monday, 20 August 2012 16:40:44 UTC-6, Brad Alston wrote:
Dave Nadler;821793 Wrote:

On Monday, August 20, 2012 2:09:57 PM UTC-4, Gary Osoba wrote:-

With all the drama in the 2012 WGC Open Class, here's how the various



designs compared by total average points, followed by the total number



of ships flown through the end of the contest (for calculating



statistical variance):







11427 JS-1C (4)



11316 Concordia (1)



11240 EB-29 (2)



11089 Quintus (7)



11069 Antares 23 (1)



10339 Nimbus 4 (2)



9977 EB-28 (4)



8962 ASH-25 (1) Another damaged and withdrew



7631 ASW-22BL







I did not include powered models as separate designs since the ships



were all in high ballast most of the contest. Obviously, designs with



only 1 or 2 gliders in the contest can vary statistically much more,



i.e. it might not be a good idea to bet against 4 or 5 Concordia's.



The Antares 23 and Quintus share the same wing, and should be very



similar in performance. Pilots in the top two designs above were



essentially learning to fly them during the contest, and that may be



true for several of the other pilot/ship combinations. I did not have



the opportunity to speak with many of the pilots.







The numbers are for this contest only, and its conditions, flown by



the respective pilots, etc., etc. Further disclaimer- I do not have an



affiliation with any of the makers, nor have I owned a glider produced



by any of them. Just the numbers.







An interesting design revolution is going on here. Feel free to



correct if I got anything wrong.







Best Regards,







Gary Osoba-





Were all the JS-1 flown in open class the new "C"

stretch model, or were some of them "B" 18-meter ?

Score-sheet shows some B models IIRC ?



See ya, Dave



Sorry, this is a bit off topic of design...



I am not a competition pilot so my question are out of total

ignorance...please forgive. I enjoyed following the 2012 WGC online very

much.



The one thing I notice as the days progressed was that it seemed, and

totally anecdotal of course, was that pilots from the same country

finished very close to each other. Could it be that team flying

techniques are more refined outside the U.S.?...thus giving the

advantage of having at least two ships, instead of one,

finding/utilizing the best lift lines to the benefit of the team. Is

that sort of thing common practice in these sorts of contests? Do the

U.S. pilots get a chance to develop their team flying skills?



Brad.









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Brad Alston

The glider models designations for the JS-1's are accurate on the score sheets. Exact gliders models were listed after Leo submitted to scoring the correct designation. For open they are listed JS1-C and 18 meter are JS-1B.

Ron Gleason