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That is a nonsensical comparison. Shuttle's glide ratio was 4.5:1 - barely better than a brick
by dmitrygr 7y ago
That is a nonsensical comparison. Shuttle's glide ratio was 4.5:1 - barely better than a brick
- jacquesm 7y agoClearly the Shuttle's glide ratio was exceptionally bad, which is exactly why I used it for comparison. It still flies, after all.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Shuttle's glide ratio was 4.5:1 - barely better than a brick A brick has a glide ratio somewhere worse than 1:10; the shuttle (at subsonic speeds) is closer to a sailplane (~40:1, or ~9× better than the shuttle) than a brick (more than 50× worse).
- lucisferre 7y agoI'd like to see the footage of the brick tests.
- MertsA 7y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-9fEoeNc3I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-9fEoeNc3I
- Terr_ 7y agoNot quite that bad. I hear a wingsuit can get maybe 2.5:1, and that's clearly better than a brick...
- the_seraphim 7y agowould the glide ratio be better after the engines fall off or before?