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February 7th 04, 03:41 PM
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Chris OCallaghan wrote:
Well, since you brought it up, the stronger the tailwind, the more important your minimum sink rate becomes in establishing the greatest possible distance over the ground. The interesting part about this for me is that the min sink rate of so many modern gliders is so similar (on paper). But I suppose this doesn't take into account ballast, which I expect one would drop if in a tailwind and just barely able to glide back to an airfield. How many of you folks have dropped ballast at the end of the day when the air goes still except for a tailwind home? 
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