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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | heck, we're running 10:1 on the F18s. That thing has considerably more main sail area and is probably a lot more sensitive to high angle apparent winds. I would say 12:1 is probably about right.
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Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA | heck, we're running 10:1 on the F18s. That thing has considerably more main sail area and is probably a lot more sensitive to high angle apparent winds. I would say 12:1 is probably about right. 12:1 on that main! Yes more please. I too used to think 10:1 was ridiculous for an F18 then I figured out how to trim it properly, 10:1 is delightful.
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#277362 01/29/15 08:07 AM 01/29/15 08:07 AM | MN3
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Posts: 382 SE MI / NE IN | then I figured out how to trim it properly, 10:1 is delightful. what were you doing wrong? what are you now doing (right)? Not speaking for Dave, but a wise man once told me "half as much, twice as often". More purchase would support that nicely. | | | Re: AC62 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | then I figured out how to trim it properly, 10:1 is delightful. what were you doing wrong? what are you now doing (right)? Not sheeting nearly hard enough upwind. It's a pretty common fault. My first training session with Red Gear on my A-cat...Robbie is screaming at me with a bullhorn : "Sheet!"...."Sheet!"....."More!"...."MORE!"....{indiscernible mumbling}..."MOOORRRRE SHEEEEEET!"...."there." I thought my a-cat was going to split in two but once the echos of the bullhorn subsided in my head I couldn't believe the angle and speed with which I was closing in on A-mark. That price of training had just become an incredible investment.
Jake Kohl | | | Re: AC62 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed
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#277379 01/29/15 10:02 PM 01/29/15 10:02 PM |
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Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA | Spot on Jake and Jeff, and I misspoke earlier, I didn't figure it out on my own I was freaky taught/yelled at.
David Ingram F18 USA 242 http://www.solarwind.solar"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda "Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent" - Two sista's I overheard in the hall "You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a complete idiot, but it helps"
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#277434 02/03/15 07:41 AM 02/03/15 07:41 AM | MN3
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Unregistered | good info thanks all who responded to the question Spot on Jake and Jeff, and I misspoke earlier, I didn't figure it out on my own I was freaky taught/yelled at.
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