Edgardo Ciani's chief target with his Crib design was a glide angle of at least 35 : 1 using a wing span of less than 18 m ( 59 ft 1 in ).
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A straight line from the origin to some point on the curve has a gradient equal to the glide angle at that speed, so the corresponding tangent shows the best glide angle C " 3.3?
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A straight line from the origin to some point on the curve has a gradient equal to the glide angle at that speed, so the corresponding tangent shows the best glide angle C " 3.3?
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Several variants were considered : Wolfgang H�tter detailed a simplified, fixed sprung monowheel version, reducing the weight so a shorter span, lower wing area design could still meet the RLM's required glide angles.
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Higher wing loadings provide higher speeds and better glide angles between thermals but poor climbing in weak lift . The Red Front 7 is known to have used water ballast on its record flight but the A-9 was not thus equipped.
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The ` ohaj is an all wood framed aircraft, covered in a mixture of plywood and Fowler type, alterations which improved the glide angle, reduced the stalling speed and, through the increased wing loading, raised the maximum cross country speed between thermals.
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When rudder input was made, the two surfaces on one side opened, top and bottom, creating drag, and yawing the aircraft . By applying input to both rudder pedals, both sets of surfaces were deployed creating drag so that the airspeed or the glide angle could be manipulated.
