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Old 21st November 2006 | 16:30
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Mad (Flt) Scientist
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From: La Belle Province
Originally Posted by Airbus38
Sorry mate, you are indeed bang on.
Brain fade.
I wouldn't worry too much. The first pass I did at the full calc gave a stall speed of 50knots, because I had the calculation of rho*S*CLmax "upside down" (i.e. I mucked up swapping the terms around) and it was only the "there's no $#%^ way its that low" factor that spared my blushes.
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