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Old 30th Mar 2024, 15:16
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Originally Posted by Luc Lion
If launched from an altitude of 30000 ft that's a glide ratio of 10, similar to the glide ratio of a small aircraft.
​No physical impossibility.
Just a matter of increasing substantially the aspect ratio and improving the quality of the wet surface (no protruding rivet).
Would this theoretical aircraft have anywhere near the kg to m2 wing area ratio of this 250 kg bomb ? There are also plenty of rivets, and flanges adorning this bomb.
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