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Thermalling Too Slow

May 02, 2019

We want to be slow and steep to get the smallest turn radius possible. However, if you get too slow, you do not have the control authority that you need. The sink rate increases as you get too slow or too steep. Plus when the wing stalls it is very inefficient. Thermalling too slow causes lower control authority, higher sink rate, and is inefficient.

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