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You descend at just about the stall speed. It's pretty close to the slowest the individual plane can go before losing lift. I believe the term for coming in wit
by KGIII 9y ago
You descend at just about the stall speed. It's pretty close to the slowest the individual plane can go before losing lift. I believe the term for coming in with no lift, purely gliding, is called dead stick.
A Cessna 172 is worse, for comparison. I believe they are just 9:1. I guess it improves if you stop the prop entirely. I assume it is less drag.
- tyw 9y agobest glide (converting altitude into the maximum distance) speed is quite a bit higher than the stall speed and found at the lift/drag max. minimum sink (converting altitude into the maximum time) is usually found about halfway between best glide speed and stall speed. http://learntoflylv.com/drag%20curve.gif http://learntoflylv.com/drag%20curve.gif