Return-Path: Received: from pop3.olsusa.com ([63.150.212.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 857492 for rob@logan.com; Sun, 26 Aug 2001 22:38:35 -0400 Received: from hotmail.com ([216.33.149.52]) by pop3.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-71866U8000L800S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Sun, 26 Aug 2001 21:49:04 -0400 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 26 Aug 2001 18:59:39 -0700 Received: from 24.4.255.232 by lw4fd.law4.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 01:59:39 GMT Reply-To: Sky2high@aol.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com From: "Scott Krueger" To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Cc: Sky2high@aol.com Bcc: Subject: L/D max Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 20:59:39 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Marv, Thy pain in the brain is mainly from disdain; Engine be damned, if the plane is manned. Tis weight to lift to drag the rift; Indicated by AOA, brain untaxed, keep L/D maxed. Alas, powerless in a decent descent. Heavens release minimized, extant range maximized; Beware those aloof winds aloft - Airspeed Godspeed but for ground speed. The claim in climb is power to the excess. Maximal excess assessed when max L/D accessed. Alas and alack - Taken aback, again it's angle of attack! To cruise we now come, as if it were a line rhumb, Max no issue since every rube, with power to cube, is no bumb. Efficiency, by definition, a balance proficiency. Weight to lift, thrust to drag - Instant weight & thrust at a fix, add lift over drag to the mix. Endurance and range- Penurance and mange... Max L/D is your CAFE ride, winds aside, if not astride time and tide. AOA, you see, is the envelope of flight stresses and pilot cope. Airspeed only a consequence, Of aeronautical tautology on the fence. Scott Krueger May most of the Green arc be with you! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>