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Old 15th May 2012 | 13:37
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HazelNuts39
 
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Capn Bloggs;

The chart is not for a particular altitude. It covers all weights and altitudes.
"delta" stands for the ambient pressure at altitude expressed as a ratio to sealevel standard pressure, i.e delta=Pamb/Psls.

P.S.
The more I look at it, the less that chart makes sense.
If you plotted a family of curves on the graph, each curve showing for a particular weight and altitude the variation of L/D versus Mach, then each curve would have a maximum L/D at a particular Mach. The L/D curve shown on my chart connects all these maxima, i.e. all curves for any weight or altitude would stay below the L/D curve on the chart.

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