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Old 7th April 2004 | 09:53
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swh

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palgia,

My post was for a ME aircraft ...

"I was taught that in ground effect the reduction in induced drag has the same effect as increasing thrust, thus highering Vmc. "

I would disagree with this, with the reduced induced drag, the aircraft has more "excess power" as the "power required" is reduced, but the "power available" has not changed.

Ground effect reduces Vmca below red line towards the stall.

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