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On 8/6/2012 6:53 PM, Dan Marotta wrote:
So... If you're sinking at 1 meter/sec and cruising at 100 km/hr, what's your glide ratio? If you're sinking at 2 kts and flying at 60 kts, what's your glide ratio? How many km per degree of longitude? How many nm per degree of longitude? I could go on... I don't fly using glide ratios, so being able to determine them easily isn't an asset. I use McCready numbers for the speed to fly and for the glide calculation, which is done by my flight computer. As for km, NM, and degrees of latitude, I also let the flight computer work it's magic. Doesn't everybody do it that way now? :^) -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) - "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl - "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation Mar/2004" Much of what you need to know tinyurl.com/yfs7tnz |
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