Quote:
Originally Posted by Who
I'm not sure what the mileage improvement from skimming across a lake would be but 30% wouldn't surprise me at all and the optimal speed for skimming would likely be faster than the maximum endurance (most economical) flying speed as well.
|
Maximum endurance speed is a bit slower than maximum range speed. Both a quite a bit slower than you'd want to be flying in a small aircraft. Check out some charts and explanation here:
http://www.eaa1000.av.org/technicl/p...ormance_Charts