If we could attach a video, I have a little 10 sec clip of me gliding with a stopped prop, it took a slight dive to 119 mph to get it windmilling again.
Odd though it’s much easier to stop the prop on my low compression C-85 in my 140 than it is to stop the prop on my high compression angle valve Lycoming in my Mooney, it takes an honest full stall to stop it on the Mooney, and you lose so much altitude stalling it and recovering etc, no way will the better glide make up for it.
Flew an old worn out C-172 once and being bored tried stopping it’s prop, just wouldn’t stop not even in a stall, we figured it was so worn out was why.
Glide Ratio
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Re: Glide Ratio
So 5.2:1?6643 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 7:13 pm I use a mile for every 1000 feet. I don't want the last words out of my mouth to be "But the guy on the internet said we could make it". Also, once the engine quits, it's the insurance company's airplane and its only purpose is to protect life during the forced landing.
The 150 has a better wing. So it will glide better. Nose gear adds drag but A lot of trike planes have main gear fairings, which we do not. Anyway there is a lot that goes into total drag; are the struts faired on both ends?
I fail to understand why the rear windows would add much drag. Does it make the fuselage wider or something?
Karl