 Lancair crash at SnF
> I can see you missed the point entirely. By the way, Vy is never at
> best glide (it is above that ~69knots in a 172) -perhaps you would
> like to revise what determines Vy? My point was to ilustrate the
> impossible turn with some concrete numbers instead of the handwaving
If I read my aerodyamics book correctly my summary is Vy = the Best L/
D Speed Corrected for the affect of the engine running. The Correction
is usually small. So Vy is often very close to the Best Glide speed.
Brian
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