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Old 15th April 2020, 15:57
jschreiber jschreiber is offline
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Re: Hurricane - glide rate

Well, I made an error in my (basic) computations for the Hurricane. The value should be in the same vicinity as for the Spitfire (13). A very comprehensive article on the aerodynamics of these aircrafts (and others) can be found here :
https://www.aerosociety.com/media/80...-did-it-do.pdf
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