FLIGHT TEST POLAR MEASUREMENTS OF MODERN SAILPLANES

Authors

  • Richard Johnson

Keywords:

Aerodynamics, Structures, Design

Abstract

During recent years it appears that an insufficient amount of accurate flight performance polar measurernents have been made and published for the many new high performance sailplanes that have become available. Manufacturer's polars are generally optimistic estimates whetted by a need to present a superior brochure for marketing purposes and for this reason they are seldom reliable.This paper will touch separately on each of three important phases of flight perfornance testing.

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Vol. 4 No. 4 (1977)

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