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Old 24th Jan 2013, 07:15
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subsonicsubic
 
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I don't like videos such as this.

This is a motor glider. The engine is operating.

This sends the wrong message IMHO.

Land straight ahead (within reason), avoid anything hard and / or expensive and maintain flying speed and therefore control down to the landing / crash.

I used to use an 8:1 glide ratio for the 152...And I think that may have been a tad optimistic

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SSS
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