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Originally Posted by janpitor
Hi,
If your second test was at 200kph, the gliding ratio vould be cca 1/14, at 300kph 1/20...this is possible. B737 has a gliding ratio of 1/26 for example.
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I'm lost here - you claim a B737 has a glide ratio of 26:1 with engines off?
Read about the "Gimli glider" incident (link below, interesting read!) which was an accident where a real 767 lost both engines at high altitude and had to try this in reality. A good thing the pilot was an experienced glider pilot... The glide ratio in reality was at 12:1 in that case even though most modern air liners are in the 16-18 range according to the "specs"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider
So 26:1 for 737 with engines off sounds very high to me...