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Learning and Using Lift/Drag

Learning and Using Airplane Lift/Drag by FRANCIS NELSON HENDERSON June 18, 2014

Plane autopilots are installed in new airplanes without knowing best glide speed, best endurance speed, optimum cruise speed, top cruise speed, or even the stall speed.

Learning and Using Stall Speed

Stall Speed for ArduPlane: by FRANCIS NELSON HENDERSON June, 2014

Stall speed (Vs) is unknown at every new Ardupilot installation. Yet, the autopilot needs to know Vs in order to determine takeoff speed, minimum banked turn speeds, accelerated stall

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Learning and Using Lift/Drag

Learning and Using Stall Speed

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