REFLECTOR: Retract speed increase

[Richard Riley]

At 02:21 PM 4/27/2006, you wrote:

>As we all know induced drag is directly related to airspeed.
>
>I guess you meant 'Parasitic drag'.  Induced drag is more a function 
>of weight (lift). At zero AOA there is zero induced drag; everything 
>else is parasitic drag.

And parasitic drag is related to the cube of the airspeed.  But 
you're right, apples to apples is going to be hard if not 
impossible.  I specified small fuselage, large wing, 180 hp because 
my impression (and it's only an impression) is that there might be 
enough of that configuration, fixed gear and retract, to get a 
comparison.  I haven't ever seen a fixed gear XL, for example.  


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