Hi Peter
Please correct my math... sink rate of 350'/min @ 87kts gives a glide ration
of 25:1... Something must be wrong with my calculations...
That surely is as good as many gliders??
How's the weather? I should get there Sunday later in the afternoon am
getting excited.
Tom
On 6/22/07, Peter Timm <cptimm@telus.net> wrote:
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> on 07/6/22 3:04 PM, roger cullum at rsc-93@hotmail.co.uk wrote:
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> >> From: "Jerry Rehn" <rehn@rockisland.com>
> >> Reply-To: europa-list@matronics.com
> >> To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
> >> Subject: Europa-List: glide ratio
> >> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:22:37 -0700
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> >> Is there an average glide ratio for the Europa based on an average of
> >> reports? Prop stopped and prop at idle? Thanks
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> >> hi jerry,
> > i seem to recall seeing approx 500ft /min rate of descent at 75 knots
> best
> > glide speed clean when i was doing my conversion training with prop at
> idle
> > which equates to approx 15:1 in trigear G-OGAN ,bit better than the
> cessna i
> > fly at the moment.
> > best
> > regards andy cullum rebuilding/ converting to trigear G-CGDH
> >> Jerry
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> Jerry and all,
>
> my Classic Mono, with feathering Airmaster prop and two up, sinks at close
> to a 1000' per min. with the engine off. When feathering is complete the
> sink-rate settles at 350' per min. at 87 knots and the glide ratio is
> considerably better than some of the gliders I used to fly in my youth.
> Mind you, an engine failure shortly after take-off would not leave time
> for
> anything other, than getting the nose down and looking for a suitable
> place
> ahead. I have not tested the sink-rate or glide with flaps and gear down
> yet.
> BTW, we did not bother to re-start the engine and slipped off the excess
> altitude on final, followed by an uneventful dead-stick landing.
> Try it, it's fun
>
> Peter Timm, #110, C-GIET, 340 hrs.
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