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Old January 14th 21, 03:11 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default soaring on Mars?

On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 9:16:55 PM UTC-5, Moshe Braner wrote:
If there are dust devils there is lift!
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-na...rs-3000th-day/


Agreed but the 'air' pressure on Mars is around 6mb vs. 1013.25mb (0.1771 inHg vs. 29.92 inHg), so the wing design and speeds at which said wing will have to move to produce lift will be dramatically different compared to what we are used to.

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