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Old 4th November 2014 | 09:17
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Owain Glyndwr
 
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@ Golden Rivet, Gysbrecht

I don't think CCF will explain it.

the CCF is [1+(V/g)*dV/dh]^-1

If I apply that at 140 kIAS @ T=0 and T=30 I get:

CCF = 0.9824 and 0.9801 respectively (H check my sums?)

That's only 0.2% difference but the gradients differ by 5.79/6.03 = 4%
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