...: Hi All, I'm fairly new to soaring, but thought it might be fun to test our clubs Standard Cirrus to see if it was getting advertised L/D. I jumped in with not enough understanding of all the factors that effect performance, other than reading how Dick Johnson does his tests. I took a tow to 6000 agl on a calm early morning when ground temps were about ...
...2 min averager. This flight is on OLC if you want the GPS data. I don't have time to comment on you results, except to say reread the Johnson and Bikel articles on test measurement. http://www.youtube.com/user/aerodyneservices#p/u/2/GJLeuUYbWdM aerodyne Thanks, interesting video. I just uploaded my video in two parts. I'm pretty sure I collected the data correctly. ...
... be enough to get you going for starters... It is also probably a good idea to subscribe to the eternal-september.test newsgroup (just like you subscribed to rec.aviation.soaring above) and post to that test newsgroup and practice replying to that test post both via news and email and make sure everything is working (reply ...
... performance, other th= an reading how Dick Johnson does his tests. I took a tow to 6000 agl on a calm early... higher sink rates (shifting the graph down), if you were testing in sink. Alan Thanks for the help. The longer sample... try which I won't get to for at least three weeks. ... Aaron when i tested my Cherokee II i could only afford one high tow ...
...I'm fairly new to soaring, but thought it might be fun to test our clubs St= andard Cirrus to see ...that effect performance, other th= an reading how Dick Johnson does his tests. I took a tow to 6000 agl on a calm early morning ...offset showing higher sink rates (shifting the graph down), if you were testing in sink. Alan Thanks for the help. The longer sample makes...
... the panel top, the timer on the lower left with the altimeter will give you a timed measurement, and the Winter on the left is a 2 min averager. This flight is on OLC if you want the GPS data. I don't have time to comment on you results, except to say reread the Johnson and Bikel articles on test measurement. http://www.youtube.com/user/aerodyneservices#p/u/2/GJLeuUYbWdM aerodyne
..., I'm fairly new to soaring, but thought it might be fun to test our clubs St= andard Cirrus to see if it ...the factors that effect performance, other th= an reading how Dick Johnson does his tests. I took a tow to 6000 agl on a calm early morning when ground ... find an approximate vertical offset showing higher sink rates (shifting the graph down), if you were testing in sink. Alan
...wrote: Hi All, I'm fairly new to soaring, but thought it might be fun to test our clubs Standard Cirrus to see if it was getting advertised L/D. I jumped in with not enough understanding of all the factors that effect performance, other than reading how Dick Johnson does his tests. I took a tow to 6000 agl on a calm early morning when ground temps were about 70f....
...> Eternal-September is great but just FYI with real newsgroup providers and readers there are test newsgroups you can post to so we do not all need to be spammed with these messages. In the case of eternal september there have their own eternal-september.test newsgroup you can post to. A handy place for checking signature files, reply to addresses etc. ...
