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Note that the bestglideratiois shallower than theglideratiofor minimum sink.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The air-speed and sink rate at the bestglideratiocan be read off the graph.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At lower speeds an aircraft may have a worseglideratiobut it will also have a lower rate of sink.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Glide angle has been measured at 26.8 degrees andglideratioat 1.98., width is 4 ft.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The 13.3mft 1 span wing is strut-braced and gives the aircraft a 23:1glideratioat 70km/hmph 0.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The largest open-class glider, the eta, has a span of 30.9 meters and has aglideratioover 70:1.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Aglideratioof 60:1 has been claimed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The 15mft 1 span wing features winglets and produces a 40:1glideratio.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its design goals include a 28:1glideratioand a cruise speed of 80mphkm/h 0 for two hours.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theglideratioof paragliders ranges from 9.3 for recreational wings, to about 11.3 for modern competition models, reaching in some cases up to 13.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The wingpack can reach aglideratioof 6 and permits transportation of oxygen bottles and other material.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A glider'sglideratiovaries with airspeed, but there is a maximum value which is frequently quoted.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Wing mounted spoilers were retained from the 1-26, allowing steep low-speed descents at about a 5:1glideratio.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The glider achieves aglideratioof 8:1.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Feathering improves the bestglideratiofrom 1:24 to 1:32.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Cross-country performance was also improved by a higherglideratio, increasing the chance of reaching the next thermal.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The aircraft has a power-offglideratioof 7:1.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In lift, move the curve up for a lower best glide speed and betterglideratio.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It could maintain flight at 20mphkm/h 0 with a 15 to 1glideratio.
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