Originally posted by Toad:
I seriously doubt that 150 was the "best glide" speed for all types.
Compare apples to apples. Find the "best glide" for each aircraft in RL and then try your test in AH-L. Prop drag is now a factor too, so make sure the prop is out for the glide.
I don't know how it will come out, but without knowing best glide and using it for each respective plane, that was a totally meaningless test.
It was fast test, but it does show how those planes are affected by prop drag and stuff.
To make 109 faster, you need to pitch more down.. to pray it to keep in the air for longer, well.. it eats all the speed if you take nose above -4000fpm (and then you'll go -4000fpm did you want or not)
While P47 can glide 130-180mph if you wish to.
So, I'd say there is truth based factor in my quick testings that tells how others drops like rocks and P47 keeps in air like feather.
I can say that I don't really know how you can then optimize your gliding better with optimizing gliding speeds.
And this is not about gliding from 20k.
Though, still 109 and Yak drops like rocks from there if they suffer engine failure without someone shooting their engines off.
(lol, in that case that someone shoots your engine, you can glide as far as you wish!!!)
About prop drag.. 109 has small propeller as well as yak and P47 has alot bigger one, still I find 109 and yak prop drag far worst than P47s. (maybe p47 just has some electric windmill powerplant that generates electricity for some battery operated engine, hah)
It is that prop drag is too bad for other planes or P47 does not take a count on prop drag.
