January 17, 20188 yr It's more the drag ( induced ) that get's reduced IGE, thus increasing the L/D ratio. There's a good article, among many, here: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/~mb4/xin_zhang/78.pdf "There are two aerodynamic changes associated with the ground effect: (i) a reduction of induced drag and (ii) the presence of an effective air cushion" Will check @ the .org ;-) Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
January 17, 20188 yr Yes, the reduction of drag is responsible for the floating, but the more noticeable effect right now in X-Plane seems to be the lack of increase of lift and the nose down tendency. "Society has become so fake that the truth actually bothers people".
September 4, 20187 yr On 1/7/2018 at 3:41 AM, Von Target said: glider pilot Glider?? It's been a few years but back then we flew Sailplanes Neal Howard
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