---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 04/06/17: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:36 AM - Foreflight (AirEupora) 2. 03:59 PM - Re: Foreflight (jonathanmilbank) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:36:57 AM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Foreflight From: "AirEupora" ForeFlight has come out with an aircraft profile that ask for Glide Performance Best Glide speed?, Best Glide Ratio? I have trike with a Jabiru engine. On testing I figured the best glide speed was 75-78kt. That seem to give me the least amount of descent or vertical speed. How would I figure the Glide ratio? Rick Stockton N120EJ Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=468088#468088 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 03:59:46 PM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: Foreflight From: "jonathanmilbank" Rick, I'll risk answering this, because there's not much activity on Matronics from the Europa crowd. Maybe most of them are busy with cool things like Sun 'n Fun, which we in darkest Scotland can only dream of. So your query represents an exciting challenge for me. 100 ft / min = 1knot. Actually it's 101.33 ft / min, but 100 is close enough. So convert your least amount of descent, e.g. 500 ft / min to knots, which would be near enough 5 knots downwards. Divide your forward glide speed, say 75 knots by the vertical speed of 5 knots in this example, which would give a glide ratio of 15:1. Thanks for stimulating my grey matter. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=468107#468107 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message europa-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Europa-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/europa-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/europa-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.