In a message dated 9/11/2006 12:12:50 P.M. Central Standard Time,
matt.hapgood@alumni.duke.edu writes:
Does that
explain why, on a smooth flying day, my airspeed roves up and down as much as
5 knots?
Matt,
Maybe, maybe knot. I dunno....... But, I am going to try to find
out.
So many possibilities in our slick planes - pitch change, laminar flow
disruption, air mass properties change, etc.
Lancairs are just different - where flat-plate drag is a lesser component
of performance than some riveted slug with wheels hanging down, yada, yada,
yada..........
Puzzled in Chicago,
Grayhawk