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Old April 27th 07, 05:12 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
TheSmokingGnu
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Default Variations in soft field landings

Morgans wrote:
Ooops. You mean directly proportional to the height above the ground.


No no, inverse. At zero height costs approach infinity, and at infinite
height, costs approach zero. G

Of course, Gnu's Law is only defined on [0, oo], I'm not sure what costs
do at negative heights. Perhaps a flight to Death Valley is warranted!

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