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Offline rudy littrell

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Glide ratio and sink rate?
« on: June 22, 2022, 03:50:44 PM »
Can anyone direct me to some LE flight data?

Regards, Rudy Littrell
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Re: Glade ratio and sink rate?
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2022, 05:32:31 PM »
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Offline DA Miller

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Re: Glade ratio and sink rate?
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2022, 06:33:53 PM »
Rudy, glide ratio is 1:1 and sink rate is "like a rock"  My ultra lite friends tell me " you climb out at 50 mph, cruise at 50 mph and land at 50 mph". And if you lose your engine at altitude look down between your feet and what you see is where you'll land.  Sorry for the levity.  I couldn't resist.  But what I said is pretty much true.  Maybe someone with more data will give you some better in put. :))
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Re: Glide ratio and sink rate?
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2022, 01:14:06 PM »
DA,
I know a guy who owned a 2 place Quicksilver.  He said 45, 45, 45... for real.  The glide angle was really 45 degrees to maintain best glide speed.  The single seaters have better drag than all those wires but is still a draggy airplane with very low mass.

Here are some more comments on LEXLs...

https://www.eaglersnest.com/forum/index.php?topic=1701.msg9664#msg9664
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Re: Glide ratio and sink rate?
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2022, 04:54:25 PM »
hey Dan, 1:1 is 45* but you probably know that. :grin:
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