arneh wrote:
Just asking the better pilots so that I can learn, but is this a race where you did or should have dumped water? I considered doing it a few times, but ended up keeping it until the end.
But in hindsight I might have been able to climb better with less water, and possibly gained time since I spent so much time in poor thermals...
The best flyers may not tell you how much water they carry to the finish, but their flight tracks will. Bring up any pilots' flight analysis page by clicking on the chart icon, then inspect the barograph of their flight during final glide. Pick two spots on final glide with constant slope between them, do the math and compute sink rate at that constant speed. Go to the polar in Condor for the ship they were flying, and compare the sink rate you found with the rates for the various water loads. I did a spot check for finisher 1 and 10, and found what appears to be full water performance, which I suspect you will find for most fast pilots. I am new to this also, but suspect that a good pilot will be very desperate before dumping water during the task knowing the huge speed penalty to be paid with a light ship.
Like you, I find Condor to be invaluable for use with concurrent RL soaring training. If you are really hard core, you can make your own photo scenery for your home airfield, and fly Condor "at home". Scenery creation is not easy, but rewarding. The best results happen with force-feedback stick, rudder pedals, and head tracking. That is the most life-like experience, and makes the transition between Condor and RL much smoother and safer.
See you in the Alps if my PC does not lock again.......
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