ASPECT RATIO AND SAFETY

BRUCE GOLDSMITH

Pilot 1: “What do you call a high aspect ratio glider with a collapse?” Pilot 2: “I don’t know” Pilot 1: “A low aspect ratio glider” Last year the organisers of the Back to Grand Bornand competition used a combination of EN certification and aspect ratio to define the classes in the competition. Now the organisers of the Ozone Chabre Open have announced similar rules for their classes stating: “Classes in competition are usually determined solely by EN class (EN A, EN B, EN C, EN D or CCC). However, recent advances in glider technology mean more gliders now squeeze into the EN-B class. The result is the EN-B category now includes gliders with low aspect ratio of 5.0/5.2 (and therefore easy handling and lower performance) alongside much higher performing…

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Cross Country (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2016

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