In Reply to: And weighs many tons more. Small planes seem to go nose down as soon as there's trouble. Happens posted by oldmkvi on June 23, 2015 at 17:43:46:
Most small planes have glide ratio of 9 or 10, and will not tumble until their speed drops below 50 knots or so, so they CAN glide.
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- Not really - Victor Khomenko 09:18:08 06/24/15 (3)
- RE: Not really - cfraser 12:27:15 06/25/15 (0)
- Ok, but out here in CA, they go directly - oldmkvi 12:30:48 06/24/15 (1)
- Possibly... - Victor Khomenko 12:40:51 06/24/15 (0)