WingFlaps

On Apr 27, 6:04 am, Dan_Thomas_nos...m wrote:
>         Lots of people had the impression you were talking about the
> dreaded downwind turn, with all the talk about the energy required to
> accelerate to maintain airspeed. The energy required, as pointed out
> in a much earlier post with several very good references, is so tiny
> that it's not worth fooling with at all.

Perhaps you could put a number on that? Could you try a gliding turn
with stopwatch and altimeter and compare that to a straight glide?

Cheers