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Old 19th May 2010, 15:59
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But that brings up the question: why would bolting a turbo to an engine change the glide speed?
Directly, it would not, however, fitting a more grunty power plant can allow a higher max gross weight which will in turn lead to a higher (quoted) best glide, 'cos when you're heavier you need to go faster.. which was what I pondered with my first post. The magnitude of the difference seems rather high for such an explanation however.

I do wonder, if, as waldo posted there might be some interesting transposition going on.

Otherwise, I haven't a clue.
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