In a message dated 12/19/2004 10:08:06 PM Central Standard Time, bob@bob-white.com writes:

<<  I wonder if a free-spinning prop on a broken tranny would not have the
> same drag as a spinning prop which is turning the motor?    I'd be
> inclined to say they would differ. > > Tom
>  >>

Like an autorotating helicopter, a free spinning propeller would be the worst case, providing the highest drag. Better, a stationary propeller. Best,a stationary feathered
propeller.

Perhaps there was enough going wrong inside the trans, that it was not totally free spinning, or at least not the full time of the glide.

Lynn E. Hanover