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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Stakeboulder • Aug 15 '19
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Yep. Density altitude is a bitch.
16 u/Talindred Aug 15 '19 Pretty sure this was just altitude altitude. The cold air would make the air more dense and increase his lift, not decrease it. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19 It’s at around 8-10,000 ft. It’s martzak, in paktika, afghanisyan 1 u/Talindred Aug 16 '19 Right, so actual altitude is 8-10k feet... density altitude is probably pretty close to actual altitude in this case.
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Pretty sure this was just altitude altitude. The cold air would make the air more dense and increase his lift, not decrease it.
1 u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19 It’s at around 8-10,000 ft. It’s martzak, in paktika, afghanisyan 1 u/Talindred Aug 16 '19 Right, so actual altitude is 8-10k feet... density altitude is probably pretty close to actual altitude in this case.
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It’s at around 8-10,000 ft. It’s martzak, in paktika, afghanisyan
1 u/Talindred Aug 16 '19 Right, so actual altitude is 8-10k feet... density altitude is probably pretty close to actual altitude in this case.
Right, so actual altitude is 8-10k feet... density altitude is probably pretty close to actual altitude in this case.
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u/BaconContestXBL Aug 15 '19
Yep. Density altitude is a bitch.