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glide ratio
- Definição1
- The ratio of the forward distance traveled to the vertical distance an aircraft descends when gliding without any power. Also called a gliding ratio.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Definição2
- The ratio of the forward distance travelled to the vertical distance descended in a glide.
- Fonte2
- MULTILINGUAL aeronautical dictionary, or, dictionary aeronautique multilingue: english, french, spanish, dutch, greek, italian,portuguese, turkish. London, England: Technical Editing and reproduction Ltd, 1980. xx, 876 p. ISBN 92835016667
- Subárea
- Air Navigation
- Related Term
- glide
- Spanish
- ratio de planeo