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March 19th 09, 06:23 PM
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aerodynamics of gliding
On 19 Mar, 12:15, Bob Cook wrote:
Spoilers redistribute lift, but not reduce lift. They reduce the lift over part of the wing. Whether the overall lift increases, decreases or stays the same depends on what the pilot does. Flaps change the coeffecient of lift, but not lift. If you keep everything else the same then they do change lift. Every tried dumping your landing flap just before the flare ...? Q) *Two gliders, one is 40:1 racer and glider two is 20:1 trainer. Both weigh 800# Glider one has twice the lift of glider two. *True or flase and why. Depends what they are doing. Ian 
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