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Old 7th July 2006 | 10:20
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OPEN DES
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Hi GMS,

Thats true. But the change in descent profile will be because of the ECON SPEED being further away from the optimum L/D (which is proportional to Vs1g) when being lighter weight. The ECON SPEED should be somewhat similar for both the heavy and the light cases.



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