I think that's a valid point Anthony, Maurie Bradney suggests in flying further & faster part 1 - to fly 2-3kg/sq.m heavier if you've got good chance of having thermal markers at a comp.
I'm working the polar10.xls spreadsheet atm to try & figure out optimum loadings, though really just stumbling around. Most text books for memory have always just said, look at your polar - but w/o ever showing exactly how to do it.. Cheers, WPP On 13/07/2013, at 12:04, "Anthony Smith" <[email protected]> wrote: > Depends: > > Classic MacCready climb and glide theory will predict an optimum wing > loading for the average climb of a particular day for a particular glider > type. > > More recently, optimum wing loading is also defined by how good you are at > finding the good air during the cruise. > > When you run a mathematical simulation, you get the classical MacCready > theory optimum and a second optimum at the heavy wing loading end. Whether > the heavy end gives a better x-country speed depends on how much 'good air > in the cruise' you factor in (ie pilot skill). > > I expect that most of the hot pilots load up to full and then dump > sufficient water to give them a climb rate in their comfort zone and then > go like stink without stopping to turn unless they absolutely have to. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adam > Woolley > Sent: Saturday, 13 July 2013 8:58 AM > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > Subject: [Aus-soaring] Optimum wing loadings for climb rates? > > G'day All, > > Just wondering whether anyone know's how to calculate the optimum wing > loading for an average climb rate? I've just bought a Ventus 1a (UKM) and > need to figure out how to fly optimally with water again! > > > SeeYou, > WPP > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
