Oh damn, you're right!!! Hope my professor's not reading along, or i'll be downgraded on my next exam ;-). Might also consider changing batteries in the sliderule....
By the way, what airfoil is used on skymaster? I spent about half a year getting the real airfoils, and i'd like to know if they match....
ORIGINAL: Gordon Mc
I think I see what he did wrong ... forgot to divide by G in order to get the correct units - in this case, since he was using metres, need to divide his result by 9.81, then that brings us all into the same ballpark.
Gordon