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Old 14th Feb 2014, 21:22
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The drag curve is 'typically' designed to be fairly flat for reasonable weights - like the graph I showed.
No, it isn't flat in C172 or Piper Archer II (I fly both) and I immediately feel a lot more drag when hauling 3 extra people comparing to one.
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