Why nobody should ever fly on a 777

CCIP · 09-07-15, 09:48 PM

There's also no aerodynamic reason for the 777 to be worse at gliding than any comparable plane. It's a function of the lift-to-drag (L/D) ratio, which is approximately 19-20 for a 777 and is more or less the same as any other large plane of its generation - and better than 17-18 on the 747s, for example. Planes with drastically worse L/D ratios than their competitors would be pretty hard to sell (not so much because of gliding, but because L/D ratios also happen to be one of the main factors in determining fuel consumption).

09-07-15, 09:48 PM	#1
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	There's also no aerodynamic reason for the 777 to be worse at gliding than any comparable plane. It's a function of the lift-to-drag (L/D) ratio, which is approximately 19-20 for a 777 and is more or less the same as any other large plane of its generation - and better than 17-18 on the 747s, for example. Planes with drastically worse L/D ratios than their competitors would be pretty hard to sell (not so much because of gliding, but because L/D ratios also happen to be one of the main factors in determining fuel consumption). __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart) Last edited by CCIP; 09-07-15 at 10:05 PM.