The "flattest glide " question was good and got me thinking. I am not an engineer in the least so bear with any dumb questions. Efficiecny in an aircraft would ultimately be achieved with super long wings and an efficient,small engine (like Voyager). No good for Civilians. So a happy medium. Early Mooneys had longer wings.(I don't know now.) So at some point, length(lift) cripples speed yes? So a jet that has crazy propulsion hardly needs any wing and could be near ballistic, yes? It would gobble fuel though. So I guess my question is how much these factors affect modern civilian aircraft. (excepting big cor[porate jets that don't need much efficiency). Are todays prop/turbo-prop aircraft the perfect blend of lift and speed(speed being dictated by price meaning the higher the cost the faster someone needs to go). I ask because I know Avgas isn't too cheap...
2007-03-07
06:17:35
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