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Old May 4th 07, 04:07 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Andy[_1_]
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Default Sparrowhawk 300 km in Utah

On May 4, 12:27 am, bikensoar wrote:

Andy how would you compare the inertia of your ASW-28 to that of the
Sparrowhawk?


Obviously it's higher. I think the original comparison was with PW5
in which case the difference would be smaller. Sparrow Hawk max GW is
415lb and PW-5 660lb. You asked about inertia but isn't kinetic
energy is more relevant to crash survivability. Speed depends more on
the accident type than the aircraft type and in a higher speed
accident may be more important than the mass.

Andy