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Old 05-15-2011, 03:54 PM
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col123 is quite right, how did anyone deduce 'big' wings = good gliding performance? every sailplane I know has high aspect ratio long and skinny wings, sounds to me like the 111 has an FM bug if it is gliding so well, those big wings should create huge amounts of induced drag.
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