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Old 26th February 2009 | 19:13
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cats_five
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Do you really mean minimum descent rate, or best L-D which gives the greatest glide distance? The two are different. Min Desc (aka min sink) gives the longest time in the air but unless the polar is a rather strange shape, not the longest glide path. The speed for the two is different - min sink is slower.
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