
What models of gliders was not in the sky above the sports airfields! Short-tailed side by side with these, whose stabilizer it seemed unreasonably far related from the wing, the search of the optimal elongation of the supporting planes of the transformed outline of the airframe in the likeness of a flying ribbon, brachypterous, such aircraft unit. A few years ago, athletes arrived to a common opinion. Although each scheme had its own advantages and disadvantages, experimentally found the best dimensions that satisfy the conditions of soaring in thermals, the flight in a calm atmosphere and in a strong wind. Parameters recognized compromise (wingspan 2000 mm, chord 145-150 mm, shoulder 700— 740 mm), provided smooth, very good results.
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