My interest is in gliders: minimum sink occurs just above stall. Longest glide is just above that. Years ago I took 82JM up high and shut the engine off. I generated a polar diagram which was published in the old KR newsletter. The two memorable things were best glide of 10 to 1 at about 80 mph and glide goes way down when the prop is horizontal.
Also I never fly without some idea of where I can land. Landings are always flown high and steep : engine at idle. If I have to use throttle I need more practice On Fri, Aug 18, 2023, 9:09 AM Rob Priddy via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > I’m just thinking about that openly here so feel free to use this as a > discussion point and work around it. But, The best glide speed is > determined at the best l/d of the airfoil, which is at a specific to that > airfoil angle of attack. It could be anywhere roughly around 2 to 5 degrees > or more, again whatever the airfoil data lists. So if you can determine > that angle of attack, and hold that angle of attack, with an idle engine, > you should see that resulting speed…I think that should also be your best > rate of climb speed, Vy. > > On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 2:41 PM Stef den Boer via KRnet < > krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> Can someone help me with the everage gllide speed and range or vector for >> my kr2s? I am to affraid to switch off the engine to get the numbers(I am >> a bit a loozer) >> I have a nose gear and wheel fairiings. >> >> Hope someone can can help me. >> >> Stef >> >> >> Steph and his dad are building the KR-2S see http://www. >> masttotaalconcept.nl/kr2 >> -- >> KRnet mailing list >> KRnet@list.krnet.org >> https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >> > -- > KRnet mailing list > KRnet@list.krnet.org > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >
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