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Old 11th Sep 2004, 15:44
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Gerund
 
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Guess that some of the posters above are not fixed wing pilots. Glide ratio is independent of weight; rate of descent will increase with increasing weight, but the horozontal distance travelled for a given height will remain the same. People often have difficulty grasping this aerodynamic truth, but truth it is! :-) Any POH that gives glide ratio data will not give any variation for changes in weight.
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