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Old 5th January 2013 | 10:51
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Dick Whittingham
 
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To answer your AOA question first, if we deal with shallow glide angles, approximating level flght, then if AOA goes up speed goes down and vice versa

As to why best angle of glide speed goes down with extra profile drag it is because you want to fly at minimum drag speed, Vimd, which is lower at higher profile drag values. Not minimum drag! That has gone up. It's just Vimd that has gone down

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