meiza - 3/12/2007 4:38 PMThe drag is enormous and the thrust only slightly bigger than it, resultin in a small net thrust.
meiza - 2/12/2007 12:54 PMIf your distance is 6000 km, you would have to glide over 3000 km at least.Given the very favourably assumed altitude of 50 km from where you could start gliding, this gives a slope of 1:60.