{"id":7909,"date":"2024-04-14T22:55:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T14:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/?p=7909"},"modified":"2024-04-14T22:55:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T14:55:53","slug":"whats-glide-ratio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/aviation\/whats-glide-ratio\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s glide ratio?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ref FTA material, Skybrary<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skybrary.aero\/articles\/glide-performance#:~:text=Description,altitude%20lost%20in%20that%20distance.\">https:\/\/skybrary.aero\/articles\/glide-performance#:~:text=Description,altitude%20lost%20in%20that%20distance.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The <strong>glide ratio<\/strong> for the <strong>DA40<\/strong> is approximately<strong> 10:1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What&#8217;s glide ratio?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Glide ratio of an aircraft is the<strong> distance of forward<\/strong> <strong>travel<\/strong> <strong>divided by<\/strong> the <strong>altitude lost in<\/strong> that <strong>distance. (It is talking about same unit~)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Below is another example:<\/p>\n<p>For every 1.45 NM (2.68km = 2680 meter) forward movement, loss 1000 feet (305 meter)<\/p>\n<p>Glide ratio = 2680 meter forward travel \/ altitude lost 305 meter =~ 8.8<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Notes about unit conversion:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1 NM = 1.852 km<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1km = 1000 m<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1000 feet =305 meter<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gyazo.com\/0b088502bcfd32ffb4b0c41e77bbcd8a.png\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ref FTA material, Skybrary https:\/\/skybrary.aero\/articles\/glide-performance#:~:text=Description,altitude%20lost%20in%20that%20distance. &nbsp; &nbsp; The glide ratio for the DA40 is approximately 10:1 What&#8217;s glide ratio? The Glide ratio of an aircraft is the distance of forward travel divided by the altitude lost in that distance. (It is talking about same unit~) &nbsp; Below is another example: For every 1.45 NM (2.68km<a class=\"read-more \" href=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/aviation\/whats-glide-ratio\/\" title=\"Read More\"> <span class=\"button default\">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atpl-knowledge","category-aviation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7909"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7911,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7909\/revisions\/7911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}