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Old 18th September 2005 | 05:34
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Old Smokey
 
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moon_towers,

Vclm is the one engine inoperative best gradient of climb Mach Number. Vcl is the speed as a CAS up to the level where Vmd=Mcrit, after which minimum drag speed is defined as a Mach number. Not much application during a climb, but more appropriate to a Drift-Down.

(For the pedantic, not EXACTLY Vmd/Mmd, but very close for practical purposes)

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