Which gives higher speed - a short or a long recovery arc

[gainer 0]

If you come out of a long recovery arc or a short recovery arc, which one will give you more speed through the gates.

I have no idea on which one is the answer. I can get my canopy in both a long recovery arc and a short recovery arc (relatively speaking), and I simply cannot say out of the two which one I get more speed and power out of.

[superstu 0]

are you talking about if you come out too high or too low after a turn? or are you talking about the differences between canopies that have longer recovery arcs vs shorter recovery arcs?

in short, once you've finished the turn (the power building stage) all you're trying to do is maintane the power that you've built. the key is to get through the recovery arc, either long or short, as smoothly as possible so that you can transfer all your energy into the swoop.

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