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The polar called Litespeed works for topless hanggliders so for now I`m using the litespeed.Ĭan you check if any Delta polar that is available on LK8000 fits on those classifications?! I`ve tryied to put my own polar, (T2C 144 with low profile rotor harness, really competitive) but even when the data was right, the points that I`ve selected to write the polar file gave me back a wrong ld and a too low minimum sink. So you could actually use the XCSOAR litespeed and litesport polar files as reference for topless gliders and kingpost high performance gliders, and that could be close to the real deal.
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So you could use generic polar files, but as we are use to, give the advice to all pilots that they should make their own polar doing a test flight. Most of them are above the 14:1 mark, but as on paragliders, hanggliders have a pilot out there exposed, giving parasitic drag to the equation, so even on the same glider, the pilot and its attitude on flight could make a difference on even 2 points on the LD. Meanwhile, on the classification, names could be very important here, as gliders change a lot, eitherway you could use: Will be testing the polars for hang gliders. As you know on the paragliding "world" we have LOTS of manufactures and thousands of wings! When I made the polars for the Paragliding, I followed the "top" wings on the categories but I'm not a Delta pilot. I followed the Will Wings polars then I checked what category the wing belongs. PostFrontal Forum - Starting the Delta HG versionīo.