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Old 03-05-2004 | 01:50 PM
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Default RE: Best way to avoid those ****** wing tip vortices ?

On a TD glider or pylon racer drag is BAD!
Get it as small as possible, then go fly.
Agreed . but in acrobatics, it helps keep the downlines looking right. And in RC Combat (what I do), it's not much of a factor at all. (speed is actually not a great thing in RC combat, believe it or not. it's better to turn really really REALLY tight than to go fast. If a guy is a lot faster, that's ok, he has to turn around and come back eventually )