PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Aerofoils in heavy rain
View Single Post
Old 18th Apr 2013, 05:29
  #27 (permalink)  
CISTRS
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Hong Kong SAR
Age: 80
Posts: 322
Received 26 Likes on 9 Posts
Energy management

Big fast jets against slow small gliders?
The total energy of an airliner compared to a glider at approach speeds makes it prudent practice for the glider to increase speed with wet wings. A glider will typically aim to deploy a setting of half-airbrakes for the planned approach to give a plus or minus tolerance on approach slope and speed.
I suspect that the effects of wet wings on a commercial aircraft will be less significant.
CISTRS is offline