How well polished does a glider need to be?

"sisu1a" wrote in message
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On Jul 22, 7:19 am, Michael Ash wrote:
01-- Zero One wrote:



I forgot one other effect of the dimples: they make lift. A golf ball
is normally hit with backspin, and the curveball effect creates a
little bit of lift, making the ball a super low-performance
glider...;-)

Hmmm, I wonder if we should take a ball peen hammer to a 1-26? I
might
be on to something here....

I think somebody must have had that idea for my club's 1-36, and I am not
at all convinced that it resulted in better performance....

--
Mike Ash
Radio Free Earth
Broadcasting from our climate-controlled studios deep inside the Moon

Actually there was a 1-26E on W&W last year or so that was nicknamed
"The Golfball" because it sat out a hailstorm on the tiedown line.
Apparently it DID actually increase it's performance slightly!
(established by many side by side glides with other 1-26's)

-Paul

Northeastern Colorado is "hail alley" so there are many hail dimpled
airplanes around. People selling these often use the "golfball effect" in
their sales pitches...