Sadly, whilst it was great to see a new glider on the air, nothing can be taken from the comp in terms of potential performance. The 20m class had far more to do with the pilots than the gliders. The Jones brothers would still have won flying a DG505!
I got to see it close up for a short period on the last day. Initial impressions were not what I had expected (but neither was the Arcus). In the only thermal we had together, the LS8 at max weight out out climber it and then was gaining in the cruise at 90 knots. I had expected better from both, but again, this was 1 climb and a short period gliding together Matt On 10 Jul 2014, at 9:48, DMcD <slutsw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> unlike the grotesque Arcus > > Well it's difficult to see in the pic, but I guess that the ASG-32 is > entirely devoid of those terrible speed robbing bumps. > > Still, they don't seem to rob that much speed. > > D > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
