Are the handicapping models readily available to the general soaring public?
-----Original Message----- Apologies for the mixed and unusual units, but it makes the arithmetic simpler! The effect is what happens in real life - you can use a real polar and stretch it to account for varying wing loading, but there is still a bit of SCWAG ** in the achieved climb rates unless you also calculate the circling polars using appropriate models of the lift distribution across the thermal - which is what the different handicapping models do. _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
