Originally Posted by
Forfoxake
That's not flying- it's gliding very badly!
Not much affected by turbulence though....
Isn't that a ballistic parabolic curve?
As for the lift thing.
Yes, my Emeraude weighs 600kg, lift is produced at 40 knots.
That is the answer, not the equation that Claude Piel, bless his cotton socks, used to get that answer!!
As for the K8 I thought it had the LD of a pair of pliers, and penetration a bit less than me at 77years.