The aircrafts glide way too far on 0 power

[CaptainRude91]

Yeah the Cessna seems ok, I did a similar test with the TBM some time ago and that was not so realistic.

Real World Pilots, please state your feedback about the flight model

Ok, this is what I have done, started the TBM overhead an airfield at 3000 ft at 120 kts (glide speed), ISA and no wind, and cut the engine / “feathered” the prop. I then made a glide with 120 kts down to the ground (SL), paused the sim and measured the distance traveled using Bing maps (attached). I managed to travel 16.9 km which equals 55432 ft, this means the TBM with unfeathered prop has a glide ratio of 55432 / 3000 = 1:18,5 or 328 ft per 1 nm, this seems unrealistic to me, I doubt the T…

Real World Pilots, please state your feedback about the flight model

Tried the same with the Cessna 172, 3000 ft, ISA, still air, 68 kts glide speed. I did get a 250 RPM windmil speed so this looks reasonable, not the 70% RPM you were suggesting but I assume you were referring to constant speed props and not fixed pitch. I got 9.25 km (4.99 nm) glide range on the Cessna which is 30340 ft, glide ratio is 30340 / 3000 = 10,1 or 600 ft / nm. Anybody knows the actual glide ratio for Cessna 172S? Edit: Seems like glide performance should be between 4.3 and 4.7 nm ac…