>Don't know about including the slope angle, but for a given angle of attack, >the flight speed goes up as the square root of the wing loading. Slope angle remains about the same (unless you reach some extreme weight limitation). Forwards speed increases by the square root of the increase in weight. Since slope angle stays about the same, this also means downwards speed increases by the square root of the increase in weight. Stall speed will also increase by square root of the increase in weight (this mostly affect landing speed...) Basically a heavier glider will move faster forwards but also sink faster. Glide distance remains the same, but glide time is reduced. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
