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Flying at the slope you just chuck the plane into the wind—thats it! How do sailplanes stay up?

April 26, 2017Chuck flying plane sailplanes slope stay

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Flying at the slope you just chuck the plane into the wind—thats it! How do sailplanes stay up?

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Since a sailplane has no engine, it follows that it must always sink through the surrounding air. The trick then is to find some air that’s going up faster than you’ll sink through it…