How to simply determine the L/D of your glider
Doesn't air density affect it as well (altitude, temperature, humidity)?
Are you talking TAS, IAS or CAS?
At 03:07 15 January 2011, Bruce Hoult wrote:
A given aircraft at a given weight and in similarly clean condition
will always perform at a fixed L/D (lift/drag) at any particular speed
and G loading. It is an aerodynamic property.
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