Open Class

At 19:59 14 February 2015, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
I had read where SH is no longer publishing polars for it's gliders.
Anyon=
e know the true polars of the JS1-C, Quintus and/or Anteres 23. Has any
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ub or organization started doing the glide test that Dick Johnson for so
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ny years provided the gliding community. I have been away from gliding
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a while, much has changed. I have much time in Nimbus 4, Nimbus 4D,
Nimbu=
s 3D. I assume the shorter wing birds could get much more out of the
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mal, but I would think the long wing birds would be better at dolphin
flyin=
g. Any comments. Would love to hear from pilots that have flown in or
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inst the shorter wing open versus the longer wing opens.



It is all about the wing loadings!