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[bob.dino 1]

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OK a ratio of 1:1 is 1 unit forward for 1 unit down, correct?

Yep. So you're moving down at a 45 degree angle. A glide angle of 3:1 would have you moving down at an angle of about 18 degrees.

Go here. The glide ratio is b:a. Fill those two values in and click "Calculate".

[Squeak 17]

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not validated by any independant source

OK, just for you, Squeak;

http://www.trackingderby.com/trace_view.php?trace_id=1020

According to the Glide Ratio graph he nver realy acheaved better than 1:1 the ratio range apears to be 1.1through to 1.8, for the timed distance. or am i reading it wrong?

1:1 is the same as 1.0:1, and according to the Glide Ratio graph he peaked about 1.7:1. 1.7 is greater than 1.0.

ok I maybe thinking at cross purposes here, but to my understanding you would want the ratio to be less then 1.0
that is, less than 1 unit down for one unit forward

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[ryoder 1,590]

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ok I maybe thinking at cross purposes here, but to my understanding you would want the ratio to be less then 1.0
that is, less than 1 unit down for one unit forward

If your objective is to fall straight down, then you would be belly flying, not tracking.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glide_ratio

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[Squeak 17]

yup no probs, my thuinking was all off on that

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[gus 1]

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OK, just for you, Squeak;

http://www.trackingderby.com/...ew.php?trace_id=1020

This is not true glide (air speed / fallrate) it is ground glide (ground speed / fallrate).

Gus

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Maybe they figured the SC folks were too busy reading Newsmax and NPR to read Parachutist

if you played read NPR and Newsmax at the same time would you go blind?


other: Go get 'em John! That guy was just making up his own definition of lift.

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[ryoder 1,590]

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OK, just for you, Squeak;

http://www.trackingderby.com/...ew.php?trace_id=1020

This is not true glide (air speed / fallrate) it is ground glide (ground speed / fallrate).

Gus

Yes, similar to the way they do record runs at Bonneville, you would need two runs in the opposite direction within a short time in order to cancel out the prevailing wind.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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I thought this thread was gonna be about push-up bras.

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[Squeak 17]

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I thought this thread was gonna be about push-up bras.

Paush up bras are ALL lift not not lift, no lift is boobies going comando

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Paush up bras are ALL lift not not lift, no lift is boobies going comando

That can be a very bad thing.. espeically in skydiving