dbdevkc wrote:If I am remembering correctly, the speed at which you achieve your best glide ratio varies with the weight. So although ~11 might be the best glide ratio, since the weight of our individual planes might vary considerably from each other so our best glide speeds to achieve that ~11 will vary as well.
I think most of us understand that is the case with stall speed, but with best glide ratio speed it is not as intuitive.
Bryan Cotton wrote:This brings up another point - best glide speed is a function of weight, because it is dictated by angle of attack. So at some point I need to do some light weight testing and some heavy weight testing to get a better polar and correction.
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