Everyone knows something that another doesn't know in soaring. Trying to figure out the below, any thoughts from the floor?
The scenario: You've just left a CU, with the cloud direct on track being your target cloud between 3-5km away with an average climb expected, direct is blue and normal sink. 30* to your left/right is a whisp, not one that you'd use to climb in - but one that you could deviate too in order to get reduced sink or a hundred feet of altitude. Do you, go direct through the sinking air, or cover extra track miles to the whisp that you know you're not going to climb in, but get remarkably reduced sink (or even a small gain in height)? For me, I either always just lose out (more often than not) when getting to the next CU, or gain a massive advantage with a 1000' height gain on a competitor in that short cruise. Have you got any rough 'rules of thumb' that you use in order to decide if the short term deviation is worth it or not? ie, how can I get to the next CU by beating the other competitors by second a mile (as G.Moffat would say) if it's possible overall. Cheers, Woolley _______________________________________________ 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
