SkySight was wrong! The Buoyancy/Shear (B/S) ratio was supposed to be a "5-6" but I think it was more like "3/4". I had an extremely difficult time centering the broken thermals. The ASW27 wings really need stronger thermals, and I only saw 0.2 to 0.5 knot climbs. This thermal strength simply isn't enough to keep me aloft for very long. I released at 2500 AGL, and never made it any higher than that height. Skew-T calculations indicated lift would max out around 3500' MSL. Lighter club ships did perform better than me, but their wing loading was much better than my setup. Better weather is coming when Spring arrives. I'll just have to hang tight and keep trying.
ASW27B
• N27QT
• S/N 27172 (2001)
• Experimental: Exhibition/Racing COA
Instruments:
• LXNav S100 with Hawk Option
• ILEC SB9 battery backed up vario
• Flarm Core IGC with panel USB connector
• LXNav Flarmview 57
• NavITer Oudie N
• Dittel FSG2T radio with boom mike
• (ADS-B Out): Trig TT22 Mode S Class 1 transponder/TN72 (GPS) with SIL3 ADS-B and airspeed sensor for squat switch.
• Upgraded from TT21 May 2019 (Note: Allows one to fly in the following airspace; Class B, Class C, the Gulf of Mexico and above 18,000 feet after 2020?)
• LXNav Nano
• Winter ASI 80mm w/ Großkinsky flap ring
• Winter 57mm Altimeter
• Airpath compass
Glider Equipment:
• ESA TE multi probe
• 2 main batteries (K2 LiFePo4)
• Davis belts (5 point with crotch strap)
• Foam filled brass tailwheel
• Nixon water dump valves and filler cap vents
• Nixon cockpit air extractor
• Relief tube through bottom of fuselage