Hey Marty,
<<My question is how do you guys in the know
think
the bagged supra Im putting together will stack up
against the molded
one
now available?>>
First off - Phil's bagged wings are second to none.
Best airfoil reproduction and LE shaping for a bagged
production wing I've ever seen. Now that being said -
What you'll probably notice with the bagged version
vs. the molded one will be slightly less cruise
performance - getting to thermals...coming home from
way downwind, etc... My experience is the very slight
low grade ripples that most bagged wings exhibit, and
the less than perfectly shaped LE tends to make the
model just a bit less slippery, without noticeably
hurting sinkrate. You will probably never notice it if
you don't range out side by side with a moldie.
Now... I used to bag all my slope racers - and they
were pretty fast... and with some work, you can
eliminate the pitfalls of the bagger. It will require
some leading edge templates, upper and lower surface
templates... some long sanding blocks... sand and
fill...sand and fill... sand and fill...
Probably not worth the work if you're not going to a
world championships... but my point is with a bit of
modelling... we can eliminate any difference between
molded and bagged performance...
For TD - personally - I just get them from Phil and
fly them... ;-)
D
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