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Old 05-24-2009 | 11:23 PM
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Default RE: Excess speed on landings

ORIGINAL: redfox435cat

This explination I give to students that have soloed and are now ready to learn to fly


landing is a product of power managment vs speed.

Speed is a product of power vs drag.

you have two forms of drag. aerodynamic drag, the shape and frontal area of the wing and fuse. this you have no control over other than which model ya buy

the other is induced drag. this is the drag in simplest terms produced by a high angle of attack buy the wing.


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You forgot one more type: parasitic drag- really that just means is any foreignobject on the wing, bugs,tape, a little goblin on the wing, etc. Ilike that explinationonlanding, I'll have to remember that one
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