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Old 1st March 2005 | 21:22
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barit1
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LRC tables?

It's been a while, but my recollection is that Long Range Cruise tables are published on the theoretical basis of 98% of max range. The rationale is that at true max range, the speed stability is really poor and thus large thrust lever excursions are needed to try to hold speed, and the benefit of the slightly lower speed is thus lost.

Can anyone confirm this is still true?
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