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Old 23rd Nov 2012, 08:07
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Owain Glyndwr
 
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If I had my books and my scanner, I would post here the L/D curve, and a graph of an airplane gliding angle.

finally, two airplanes of same model flying at maximum glide speed (min drag speed or max L/D speed) will glide the same, irrespective of the weight. Only the heavier will fly faster.
This what you want?


At anything above 230 kts on this aircraft the Lift/Drag ratio will be better at the higher weight and the aircraft will take longer to slow down;below that speed the opposite is true.

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