HE-111 is a glider

[mazex]

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.

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...