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Old 13th Mar 2014, 10:01
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Originally Posted by AtomKraft
A glider without water ballast is the exact same shape as a glider with water ballast.


Gravity affects them differently though..
I suspect that is a little too subtle for some. Can you be more specific on the difference of the effect of gravity? Is the heavier glider pulled to earth faster or at the same rate as the glider which has dumped it's ballast?
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