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    Graduate Principles of Flight - Heavy aircraft vs Light aircraft

    Thanks for reply K^2! trying to get my head around it as I think this goes against what I thought - oops!
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    Graduate Principles of Flight - Heavy aircraft vs Light aircraft

    Great thanks for the reply - yeah I'm not sure why i mentioned the constant AoA - think I was going in one direction and then decided to go off in another direction but left in that part which I shouldn't have! Ok - I reckon in practice Vmd is roughly 200kts at 50 tonnes and probably around...
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    Graduate Principles of Flight - Heavy aircraft vs Light aircraft

    Hey guys, I'm no physicist so thought I'd ask the experts! A friend asked a question which got me thinking... Question was: why do heavier aircraft take longer to slow down than lighter aircraft? It may help if you have knowledge of the principles of flight but I was struggling to come up...