Author Topic: Stats of Best rate of glide? (Read 306 times)

RangerRob · « **on:** August 25, 2003, 12:05:13 AM »

Does anyone have a table of the best rate of glide by plane? I saw a lot of stuff posted about climb rates, but way more often than I'd like, I end up outta gas, and gliding back to base. Knowing the best rate of glide (which is posted in most AC manuals) would be quite helpful.

For those who don't know, BROG is the rate of which will cover the most horizontal distance per loss of altitude.

-RangerRob

Bodhi · « **Reply #1 on:** August 25, 2003, 07:03:37 AM »

I've had good luck getting the FM2 to glide quite a ways.

JimBear · « **Reply #2 on:** August 25, 2003, 07:56:39 AM »

Did a bit of testing on that last year, I will see if I can dig it up when I get home. The one thing that I remember standing out was that the P-38 glide was greatly increased when inverted.

Tarmac · « **Reply #3 on:** August 25, 2003, 12:08:30 PM »

Someone once said that your best glide speed is the same as your alt-x autoclimb speed. I've never tested it, but that's what I use and it seems to work quite well.

Sable · « **Reply #4 on:** August 25, 2003, 12:17:38 PM »

Best glide would occur at the speed where you lift to drag ratio was the best. Theoretically best climb should occur at this same speed. In the P-51 pilots manual it lists 175mph IAS as best-glide ... this seems to work pretty well in the game.

funkedup · « **Reply #5 on:** August 25, 2003, 01:07:25 PM »

Just a small nerdy note: Best climb rate generally doesn't occur at the speed for best L/D. Best climb rate occurs the speed which gives maximum excess power. Here's a good explanation: http://142.26.194.131/aerodynamics1/Performance/Page10.html

frank3 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 25, 2003, 01:36:07 PM »

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Originally posted by Tarmac
Someone once said that your best glide speed is the same as your alt-x autoclimb speed. I've never tested it, but that's what I use and it seems to work quite well.

well I tried that once, but it'll just stall (when stall limiter disabled)
I just try to set every plane to around 500 to 1000ft/min descend