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Old 27th Aug 2004, 17:27
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Tinstaafl
 
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The only thing I noticed was that one of their fundamental data numbers - subsequently used to derive further information - was based on the measured glide performance through a thickness of the atmosphere. It's a form of average across the changing density altitude. This then gets used to determine performance for specific density altitudes.

Perhaps this a negligible error given short distance over which it was measured? Given that the propeller performance is also from a line of best fit so isn't exact either?
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