Flighty energy

A problem: An aeroplane that weighs 1000kg is flying at 3500ft with a speed of 100kts. What speed would the aeroplane gain on descending to 3000ft, assuming NO power change, no configuration/flaps changes and the air friction loss is 15%?

Bonus questions:

  1. Does it really depend on the mass of the aeroplane given?
  2. Would the flight path affect the answer – e.g. steep dive or steady…

Continue Reading gr.and’s Article on their blog

https://cloudminded.blog/2023/05/26/flighty-energy/

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