Obviously I'm not as good as some people here at knowing
exactly how strong the next thermal's going to be...

;-)

At 21:06 02 October 2003, Greg Arnold wrote:



Neither is more important
than the other in determining cruise speed.

Unless they are different, in which case the next
one
controls cruise speed. Of course if they are the
same, I
might as well say the next one controls instead of
the
current one. If you want to assign some control over
cruise
speed to the current thermal provided it's the same
as the
next one, I don't see any reason to argue, as we agree
on
what the pilot does, but it seems odd to me to put
it that
way. I think of it as leaving the current thermal
when I
can get to something as good or better, and cruising
at the
M-speed that matches the climb rate of the next one.
If
it's stronger, I run faster.


In that case, haven't you stayed in the current thermal
too long?


If I think it will be weaker,
I run slower.


In that case, shouldn't you stay in the current thermal
longer?



Todd Pattist - 'WH' Ventus C
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