Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 13:07:16 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from transition.cpl.net ([216.117.199.226] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.5) with ESMTP-TLS id 2620098 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 13:03:30 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.21] (ip-216-117-196-106.keyway.net [216.117.196.106] (may be forged)) by transition.cpl.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id h91H3Rt30454 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 10:03:27 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.4.030702.0 X-Original-Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 10:03:26 -0700 Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Just a couple of tiny little knots... From: Hal Woodruff X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Original-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Reply-To: woodruff@swefco.com Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3147847406_25148614" > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3147847406_25148614 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hi Bob, Actually, the maneuver I described is not that efficient. You=B9re right tha= t a fast racer will plan the final glide so well that he won=B9t have enough energy to do the fast high energy pull-up. One fellow that I knew (that wo= n more often than not) planned final glides so closely that he usually landed and rolled across the finish line. That=B9s cutting it too close for me, and besides, the high energy finish was much more fun. Hal > Thanks Hal, > =20 > I appreciate your comments on glider racing. I do recall dumping water a= t end > of race and diving low for the finish line. Very stretegic tactics to be > successful in that sport. You can lose by waisting too much time thermali= ng > and have more altitude than necessary for the end run. etc. I would assum= e you > should manage potential energy so that you have efficiently used it up at= the > finish line. > =20 > Bob Smiley > N94RJ >=20 --=20 Hal Woodruff Swefco Packaging, Inc. Phone: (909) 986-0499 Fax: (909) 983-5920 email: woodruff@swefco.com --B_3147847406_25148614 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Re: [LML] Re: Just a couple of tiny little knots... Hi Bob,

Actually, the maneuver I described is not that efficient.  You’r= e right that a fast racer will plan the final glide so well that he won̵= 7;t have enough energy to do the fast high energy pull-up.  One fellow = that I knew (that won more often than not) planned final glides so closely t= hat he usually landed and rolled across the finish line.  That’s = cutting it too close for me, and besides, the high energy finish was much mo= re fun.

Hal

Thanks Hal,
I appreciate your comments on glider racing. &nbs= p;I do recall dumping water at end of race and diving low for the finish lin= e.  Very stretegic tactics to be successful in that sport. You can lose= by waisting too much time thermaling and have more altitude than necessary = for the end run. etc. I would assume you should manage potential energy so t= hat you have efficiently used it up at the finish line.
Bob Smiley
N94RJ



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Hal Woodruff
Swefco Packaging, Inc.
Phone: (909) 986-0499
Fax:   (909) 983-5920
email: woodruff@swefco.com
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