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January 16th 11, 01:10 AM
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How to simply determine the L/D of your glider
On Jan 16, 1:24*am, Big Wings wrote:
Doesn't air density affect it as well (altitude, temperature, humidity)? Are you talking TAS, IAS or CAS? Sure, lots of things affect it, but it's fairly close if you're talking IAS which takes altitude, temperature and humidity into account fairly well in that they affect the ASI in about the same was as they affect the wings. 
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