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You descend at just about the stall speed. It's pretty close to the slowest the individual plane can go before losing lift. I believe the term for coming in with no lift, purely gliding, is called dead stick.

A Cessna 172 is worse, for comparison. I believe they are just 9:1. I guess it improves if you stop the prop entirely. I assume it is less drag.




best glide (converting altitude into the maximum distance) speed is quite a bit higher than the stall speed and found at the lift/drag max. minimum sink (converting altitude into the maximum time) is usually found about halfway between best glide speed and stall speed.

http://learntoflylv.com/drag%20curve.gif




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