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March 9th 15, 09:49 AM
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Longest glide?
On Monday, March 9, 2015 at 8:35:47 PM UTC+11, wrote:
I had one flight with two especially long glides in my Discus 2. 196km @ 85:1 (12000ft to 4000ft) 190km @ 260:1 (13500ft to 11000ft) Not in wave, in thermals. (http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...htId=171034633) Actually, going further back I found a couple of better ones. 224km @ 237:1 (13500ft to 10500ft). 145km @ -856:1 (7700ft to 8300ft). In the venerable LS4! (http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...htId=169742621) Turning was probably unnecessary at all on most of those days, but it's faster if you turn in the strong climbs and then cruise faster than slowing up and not turning at all. So it's a bit of a silly thing to judge your flying on really  
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