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Old 1st Jul 2020, 12:19
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cattletruck
 
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Attitude = airspeed
Power = Rate of descent.
That's how we are taught to fly planks on finals.

Also works quite well in a helicopter on long finals for a decelerating speed landing, same principle, just the vectors are pointing differently.
Used to be quite good at setting an attitude and selecting power levels from miles out and getting close enough to the pad with barely any input. Sadly those skills are now not what they used to be.

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