> Some other ideas on how much speed bar to apply from the FlyMaster
> website as Dave Cantrell mentioned at the last club meeting…

> Airspeed to get to the next thermal at highest altitude..

> • Know what your glide is in still calm air

> • If your glide ratio is now lower than glide in still air, apply bar

> • Amount of bar to push to a function of current glide:

> Assume GR 8 in calm air.

> Current GR 6. Amount of Bar to push:

> 8-6= 2

> Divide up speed bar range into quarters:

> Amount of bar to push is 2/4: i.e half bar

> Link to the full presentation is on this page at the Flymaster USA
> website: http://www.flymaster-usa.com/download.html  Look for the
> Flight instruments.pdf file.

> *From:*cpcl@googlegroups.com [mailto:cpcl@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf
> Of *Dan Wells
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 11, 2012 9:10 AM
> *To:* 'CPC Google'
> *Subject:* CPC: FW: Tuesday Tip - On the Bar

> Some of you may already be getting these but I thought this one was
> very good.

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> This week's Tuesday Tip comes from a 'speedbar masterclass' in the
> latest issue of Cross Country magazine. It's from Adrian Thomas, who
> is currently competing at the European Paragliding Championships in St
> Andre, France.

> Packing Your Glider

> There isn’t a hard and fast rule for when to use the speedbar, but you
> will find that the more experienced pilots rarely glide without using
> the bar. If you are aiming at maximising your average cross country
> speed, then as a rule of thumb if the thermals are giving you an
> average climb rate of 3m/s (ie any reasonable day), and there is any
> sink or headwind around then the correct theoretical speed-to-fly is
> likely to be full speed, even on an EN B. There are some outstanding
> pilots around who use the speedbar like that – flying with two modes –
> full-bar or thermalling.

> Personally, I generally go to quarter-bar as I leave the thermal and
> then move up from there, rarely gliding below half-bar, often going
> full speed. But for me speedbar isn’t an on-off thing, I use it very
> actively to control pitch, pushing hard as the glider pitches back,
> and coming off the bar completely when the glider dives forwards
> through rough air.

> One tip: the load on the legs is very much less if you push the bar
> with the ball of your foot rather than having it sit in the notch of
> the heel. You can do fine pitch-control with the calf muscles, which
> are fast, strong and have great endurance.

> A preview of what else is in issue 143 is here
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> See you in the air!

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