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Old 01-30-2014, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by j.duncker
1300 + posts WOW. Even quoting Galileo. It gets better. Someone even bought in the veracity of Darwinian evolution.



No go for it. Go for it.

It will be in competition with the thread I will start on the physics of dynamic soaring or why unpowered gliders can go faster than powered jets.

For those unfamiliar with DSing watch this.
http://youtu.be/aXS1jHK3XuE and yes he is flying on the downwind side of the ridge!

Ken may spank me for feeding the trolls.
After watching this vid I just spent the last 20 minutes reading up on the physics of DS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVN-oF6tPLc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_soaring

http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/r...-the-albatross

http://douglasturner.tripod.com/id27.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlPI0AOj5MI Impressive stuff.
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