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Old 08-07-2012, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by robtek View Post
BTB, to be so condescending on such thin ice, ts ts ts.

150 mph, in a vertikal dive, with a GRADUALLY recovery, surely you'll reach a pretty high velocity before leveling out, accelerating all the time.

That is not a > 500 kg glider but a 3 ton machine with a not that much larger front surface.
Mass doesn't matter in vertical acceleration*. The speed doesn't instantly increase from below 150mph (second stall) to above x mph (aircraft breakup).