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Old January 16th 11, 01:10 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bruce Hoult
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Default How to simply determine the L/D of your glider

On Jan 16, 1:24*am, Big Wings wrote:
Doesn't air density affect it as well (altitude, temperature, humidity)?
Are you talking TAS, IAS or CAS?


Sure, lots of things affect it, but it's fairly close if you're
talking IAS which takes altitude, temperature and humidity into
account fairly well in that they affect the ASI in about the same was
as they affect the wings.