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Old 27th October 2002 | 21:02
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DeltaFree
 
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From: scotland
Not producing lift!!!!!!

For GLS.... In auto the rotors are producing lift, hence the CONSTANT rate of descent, if there was no lift you would accelerate at 9.81m/s all the way to the ground, well OK fuselage drag would slow you down but auto is not freefall. Even a freefalling parachutist would have ground effect as the air in front of him is compressed as he reaches those last few millimetres, unfortunately it is a case of too little too late for him/her As indeed, in auto, it is kind of irrelevant but present nonetheless.
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