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Old 4th January 2004 | 01:53
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Dick Whittingham
 
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Or, to put it another way:

Thrust = 1
Weight = 4
Drag = 1/12th of 4, or 1/3

T - D = 2/3

Climb Angle = 2/3 divided by 4, = 1.67radians, or 16.7gradient

Dick W

For the mathematically minded this uses two approximations, that Cos of small angles is 1 and that the tangent of small angles is the same as the angle itself in radians.
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