VNE vs altitude: glider specs vs rules of thumb

Flying a glider at or near Vne is pretty risky given that we fly most
often in turbulent air.Â* Besides, your rate of descent increases more
rapidly the faster you go.Â* Better to do better final glide planning.

My 2 cents...

On 6/10/2020 6:51 PM, Mike N. wrote:
So the S80 does have an alert for VNE.I assume at calculated TAS.

So I'm looking to put in the VNE alert with a safety factor of 85 to 90% of POH specified VNE

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Dan, 5J

Agreed completely.
My primary reason for adding the VNE alert is when flying through areas of heavy sink.
Flying faster in sink is of course SOP in most cases.
So obviously as I fly faster through sink I will be seriously watching my airspeed, but having a secondary alert to my instrument scan while flying fast through sink, or even final glide, is an additional safety measure to help mitigate human errors.