>Can you give us an >idea of what magnitude of performance >change we would be looking at if the >weight of an airplane varied say plus >or minus 10% (20% total weight >change.) Are we talking sink rate >improvements of 1/2 of 1%? Or more on >the order of 20%?
A +10% change in weight will roughly produce changes of... +1% in L/D +4% in minimum sink rate +5% in min-sink speed +5% in best-L/D speed +10% in turn radius at a given bank angle - Mark RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
