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minus-squareelucubra@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·21 days agoA Cessna, or pretty much any light aviation plane, can glide quite well. Most airliners can too, provided the RAT is working. See “Miracle on the Hudson”
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-221 days ago Most airliners can too, provided the RAT is working. See “Miracle on the Hudson” Also the flaps. The stall speed is much higher if flaps can’t at all deploy.
A Cessna, or pretty much any light aviation plane, can glide quite well.
Most airliners can too, provided the RAT is working. See “Miracle on the Hudson”
Also the flaps.
The stall speed is much higher if flaps can’t at all deploy.