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Old 05-14-2004 | 10:05 AM
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Gordon Mc
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Default RE: ratio : weight/thrust ?????

If you are designing a simple rocket, then thrust to weight may be all that you need to care about, but for an aircraft you have an additional factor called "lift" that seems to be missing from your equation.

Gordon