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Quiz: Understanding Aircraft Performance

Flight Training Central

Among the performance elements are takeoff and landing distances, rate of climb, ceiling, speed, payload, and fuel economy. What is ground effect? Ground effect is most likely to result in which problem? The result of an alteration in airflow patterns increasing induced drag about the wings of an airplane.

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Nothing Small About It

Plane and Pilot

But it was apparent the smallest Grumman flying boat was too small and full of quirks—the cabin door won’t open if the flaps are down, for example—to justify something approaching a direct copy. Resist pulling back, instead letting it accelerate in ground effect (or should we say water effect) for a few seconds.