Ah, yes, the naysayers are back!
And yet, and yet...
When I made the move from my Grand Esteem to my Genie, suddenly I was
not limited by my plane anymore. This in spite of the fact that the
Grand Esteem used a very "slippery" 7035 based airfoil progression and
the Genie uses the old tried and true 7032.
My scores and performance at the OVSS Fall Roundup suprised me more than
anyone else. But what was most telling of all was the sound as all the
birds came down from Max times. All the latest hollow molded super
birds were screaming in from the heavens sounding for all the world like
a flock of electric EDFs. And then came the Genie, a light, almost
ethereal whistle coming from its wing tips and empennage as it came by
on its high speed pass.
It takes energy to make noise, and its corollary is drag. I'll take
RADS, which lets me fly a better TD airfoil and still penetrate with the
latest hollow molded ships.
Regards,
Darwin
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