Flaps produce lift and drag, slowing down approach speeds and increasing your angle of decent for any given airspeed. Airbrakes provide drag, but no change in lift, so you maintain the same speeds during your approach, but with the higher drag coefficient, you have a higher sink rate and don't float as far.
Les Criscillo lcris...@tamabay.rr.com http://groups.msn.com/LesLifeandfriends/homepage ----- Original Message ----- From: <skyguyf...@aol.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 9:12 AM Subject: Re: KR> Larger KR Flaps / air brakes > What is the difference between flaps and speed brakes? > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
