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Old 9th Mar 2010, 14:59
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Life of Leisure
 
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I've been retired for a while, but from memory, 600fpm is the design limit for landings at weights up to MLW as specified by the airworthiness requirements (JAR25 in Europe or FAR25 in USA). Any landing with a vertical speed in excess of 600fpm is therefore outside the certified limits and inspections are needed to check for damage. As far as I know, all fairly modern aircraft are designed to these limits and you can't assume that any make or model is more capable than another.
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