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Glide Chart
By any chance does the POH cite a glide chart for both engines out?
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Like this
see photo attached
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Herb R Harney 1968 337C Flying the same Skymaster for 47 years |
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13.2 ratio? Really?
Thanks, btw. |
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Not to belabor the point, but is 13.2 really even roughly correct? This would well exceed the same data for an M20F, and approach mid-to-late century gliders. Given the recent tail of a near double engine failure, this would be good information to have. I understand of course that weight and exterior contour changes can play a large role in the final outcome.
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part of the reason twins have a relatively good glide ratio is that the charts assume both props are feathered, which reduces drag considerably.
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But the M20s also feather, and they only advertise something around 11ish. Add to this, fwiw, that the Mooneys earn their living by being just a little more slippery than other aircraft in their class.
Could it be that the small twin booms are that much less drag than a full empennage? |