Comment Comment by katastic According to this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliding_flight#Aircraft_.28.22...The 747-200 also has a glide ratio of 15:1. I can't tell if that's amazing, good, or average.A sailplane can have up to 60:1! That's pretty impressive!According to this: A "clean A320" has 17:1. Neat.https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/14814/could-a-c...Something I never knew was this:>As someone said above, you have to remember, pretty well all descents are done with the thrust at idle.So I imagine the glide ratio is pretty important for all-purposes of flight and not just when engines go out. parent katastic 9 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliding_flight#Aircraft_.28.22...
The 747-200 also has a glide ratio of 15:1. I can't tell if that's amazing, good, or average.
A sailplane can have up to 60:1! That's pretty impressive!
According to this: A "clean A320" has 17:1. Neat.
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/14814/could-a-c...
Something I never knew was this:
>As someone said above, you have to remember, pretty well all descents are done with the thrust at idle.
So I imagine the glide ratio is pretty important for all-purposes of flight and not just when engines go out.