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Old 19th May 2010, 15:56
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Speedy23
 
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It's all to do with the weight, IMHO...how much extra does the turbo & plumbing weigh? Are there any other things that would cause increased weight? From Wikipedia

"For gliders, a different polar curve exists for the same glider at every gross weight. As the weight increases the polar moves down and to the right and becomes a little flatter, but retains approximately the same shape. Both airspeed and sink rate increase for equivalent points on the curves, but their ratio remains the same. Both heavy and light glider achieve the same best glide ratio, as shown here, but the heavy glider does so at a higher speed. This is the reason for carrying ballast to improve glide performance when the thermals are strong enough, even though the climb rate suffers".
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